Octreotide as a therapeutic option for management of chylothorax

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 679-682

  Al Zubairy, Sulaiman A ^a   Al Jazairi, Abdulrazaq S ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chyle; Chylothorax; Octreotide; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CEFAZOLIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PHENTOLAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHYLOTHORAX; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 0037406294     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C265     Document Type: Article

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