Severe congenital chylothorax treated with octreotide

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 200-202

  Young, Sandra ^a,c   Dalgleish, Stacey ^a   Eccleston, Andrew ^b   Akierman, Albert ^a   McMillan, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OCTREOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; SIDE EFFECT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 1942485993     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211053     Document Type: Article

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