Somatostatin for intractable postoperative chylothorax in a premature infant

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 390-391

  Clarke, S A ^a,b   Lakhoo, K ^a   Sherwood, W ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Prematurity; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

CHYLOTHORAX; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; SOMATOSTATIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 18744367541     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1361-x     Document Type: Article

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