Chylothorax after esophageal atresia repair: Conservative treatment with octreotide;Quilotórax tras reparación de atresia de esófago: Tratamiento conservador con octreotida

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-185

  Prada Arias, M ^a,b   Rodriguez Barca P ^a   Carbajosa Herrero, M T ^a   De Celis Villasana, L ^a   Vinals Gonzalez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48649096354     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124904     Document Type: Letter

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