Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/40261- Title:
- Is oral nutritional therapy effective for the treatment of chylothorax? A case report
- Hosp Sch Med Botucatu
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- 0899-9007
- We report a case of a female patient who underwent corrective aortic coarctation surgery that progressed to chylothorax on the fifth postoperative day. Because the patient was clinically stable and had a functioning digestive tract, the nutritional team decided to treat her by oral nutritional support with a low-lipid diet, rich in medium-chain triacylglycerols. After 20 d, the patient returned to her habitual home diet and did not develop pleural spilling, showing full healing of the thoracic duct. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- 1-Jun-2008
- Nutrition. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 24, n. 6, p. 607-609, 2008.
- 607-609
- Elsevier B.V.
- chylothorax
- nutritional therapy
- medium-chain triacylglycerols
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2008.02.006
- Acesso restrito
- outro
- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/40261
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.