Octreotid as a treatment of congenital chylothorax

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 628-

  Bulbul, Ali ^a   Unsur, Emel Kabakoglu ^a  

^a Division of Neonatology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; OCTREOTIDE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CONGENITAL CHYLOTHORAX; DIET THERAPY; FETUS HYDROPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY LYMPHAGIECTASIA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHYLOTHORAX; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; OCTREOTIDE; POVIDONE-IODINE;

EID: 77953312471     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21217     Document Type: Letter

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