Talk:Diagnostic peritoneal lavage

Lavage versus wash
Any sense on how the procedures peritoneal lavage and peritoneal wash differ? I tend to think they are the same thing. Lavage is French language for wash. I tend to think the articles should be merged and will do so... in a while if I don't hear any objections. Nephron T|C
 * I suggest merging to peritoneal wash (PW) and describing PW for:
 * Diagnosis of trauma.
 * Diagnosis of malignancy.
 * Therapy, e.g. treatment of peritonitis.
 * Nephron T|C 07:26, 13 April 2010 (UTC)