Etiology and management of chylothorax following pediatric heart Surgery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Milonakis, Michael ^a,b   Chatzis, Andrew C ^a   Giannopoulos, Nikolaos M ^a   Contrafouris, Constantinos ^a   Bobos, Dimitrios ^a   Kirvassilis, George V ^a   Sarris, George E ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; SOMATOSTATIN;

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTOPULMONARY SHUNT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLEURODESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST TUBES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHYLOTHORAX; DOXYCYCLINE; DRAINAGE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLEURODESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOMATOSTATIN; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 67650739484     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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