Spontaneous resolution of iatrogenic chylothorax in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Greenberg, Marc J ^a   Weisse, Chick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; RUTOSIDE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CAT; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; THORACOCENTESIS; TRACHEA RESECTION; VEIN LIGATION;

ANIMALS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHYLOTHORAX; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIGATION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TRACHEA; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 18544368360     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1667     Document Type: Article

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