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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Ultrasound examination of hepatic blood flow by color-coded duplex sonography of hepatic artery, portal vein and hepatic vein before and after paracentesis

From: Large-volume paracentesis effects plasma disappearance rate of indo-cyanine green in critically ill patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and intraabdominal hypertension

Color-coded duplex sonography of hepatic blood flow

 

Before paracentesis

After paracentesis

p value

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

HARI

0.74 (0.68–0.75)

0.68 (0.65–0.71)

< 0.001

Systolic HAF (cm/s)

129 (115–145)

123 (114–140)

0.100

Diastolic HAF (cm/s)

35 (24–48)

40 (31–50)

0.009

PVF (cm/s)

20 (16–28)

21 (15–32)

0.753

HVF (cm/s)

24 (17–30)

30 (22–36)

< 0.001

  1. HARI hepatic artery resistance index, HAF maximum hepatic arterial flow velocity, PVF maximum portal vein flow velocity, HVF: Maximum hepatic vein flow velocity
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