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Flow chart showing process for long-term abdominal drain insertion and community management (also see online supplemental file 1, for community standard operating procedure). GP, general practitioner; INR, international normalised ratio; LTAD, long-term abdominal drain; LVP, large volume paracentesis; PMN, polymorhonuclear; TIPS, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; WCC, white cell count.
