Chylothorax in children: Guidelines for diagnosis and management

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 682-687

  Büttiker, Vera ^a,b   Fanconi, Sergio ^a   Burger, Réne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chyle; Chylothorax; Infants; Newborn; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032843313     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.3.682     Document Type: Article

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