Table 1.
Patients´ baseline characteristics.
Fig 1.
Inspiratory transpulmonary pressure TPP in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Fig 2.
Expiratory transpulmonary pressure TPP in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Fig 3.
Inspiratory esophageal pressure EP in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Fig 4.
Expiratory esophageal pressure EP in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Table 2.
Changes in TPP (ΔTPP) and EP (ΔEP) during paracentesis compared to the previous measurement.
Fig 5.
Intraabdominal pressure derived from intra-peritoneal measurement (IAP_P) in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Fig 6.
Intraabdominal pressure derived from intra-vesical measurement (IAP_V) in the course of stepwise release of ascites.
Table 3.
Changes in intraabdominal pressures (ΔIAP_P and ΔIAP_V) during stepwise paracentesis compared to the previous measurement.
Table 4.
Hemodynamic parameters assessed by TPTD and CVP-measurement before and after paracentesis.
Table 5.
Classification of paO2/FiO2 according to the Berlin-definition before and after paracentesis.
Table 6.
Respiratory and ventilatory parameters before and after paracentesis.