Somatostatin treatment of spontaneous chylothorax in an extremely low birth weight infant [2]

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-196

  Lauterbach, Ryszard ^a   Sczaniecka, Bozena ^a   Koziol, Justyna ^a   Knapczyk, Marta ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTERY CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHYLOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OCTREOTIDE; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 17644381619     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1608-5     Document Type: Letter

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