title: Chylothorax: a novel therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a novel therapy for chylothorax.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Severely ill neonate with congestive heart failure and high surgical risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  Standard therapy for chylous effusion with the addition of pressure control ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure (high mean airway pressure).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rapid resolution of effusion with elimination of excessive fluid needs and correction of coagulation profile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increasing mean airway pressure by pressure control ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure should be considered as a therapeutic intervention in patients with persistent chylous effusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Ragosta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alfieris
mesh_terms: D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*