Octreotide and low-fat breast milk in postoperative chylothorax

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2215-2217

  Hamdan, Mohamed A ^a   Gaeta, Mary Lou ^b  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

14

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SHUNTING;

CHYLOTHORAX; HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 2542454580     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01464-4     Document Type: Article

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