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The use of octreotide to treat congenital chylothorax |
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| Authors: | Paget-Brown Alix Kattwinkel John Rodgers Bradley M Michalsky Marc P |
| Affiliation: | a Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA b Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA |
| Abstract: | We report the use of the octreotide (a somatostatin analogue) in the treatment of idiopathic congenital chylothorax in a patient with Turner's syndrome who had previously failed conservative medical therapy. The patient improved rapidly after initiation of octreotide with complete resolution after 5 days of continuous therapy (10 μg/kg per hour). |
| Keywords: | Neonatal chylothorax Somatostatin Octreotide Turner's syndrome |
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