Pleural effusions in the neonate

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-311

  Rocha, Gustavo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Hydrops fetalis; Hydrothorax; Neonate; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMPICILLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDOMETACIN; OCTREOTIDE; PENICILLIN G; SOMATOSTATIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHYLOTHORAX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; HYDROTHORAX; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249774289     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3281214459     Document Type: Review

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