Severe congenital chylothorax treated with octreotide.
We report a neonate with severe congenital chylothorax. Subcutaneous octreotide was added to the standard treatment regime. The chylothorax resolved with no observed side effects.
Young
Sandra
S
Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Dalgleish
Stacey
S
Eccleston
Andrew
A
Akierman
Albert
A
McMillan
Doug
D
D002916:Chylothorax / Q000151:congenital / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015282:Octreotide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D015282:Octreotide