Charak Samhita
विरेचनहृतानाहो यस्तृष्णानुगतो नरः। विरिक्तः पुनराध्माति यथा प्रेतस्तथैव सः ॥१०॥
॥ Poor prognosis after Virechana (therapeutic purgation)॥ If abdominal distension of a patient is relieved by purgation for short time and then patient develops thirst, distension of abdomen and severe pain again, then such patient should be considered as a ghost i.e. the patients will surely die soon.
english translation
virecanahRtAnAho yastRSNAnugato naraH। viriktaH punarAdhmAti yathA pretastathaiva saH ॥10॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript