The usefulness of OK‐432 for the treatment of postoperative chylothorax in a low‐birth‐weight infant with trisomy 18.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Takahashi, Yoshiaki; Kinoshita, Yoshiaki; Kobayashi, Takashi; Arai, Yuhki; Ohyama, Toshiyuki; Yokota, Naoki; Saito, Koichi; Sugai, Yu; Takano, Shoichi
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports. May2022, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p1-5. 5p.
- Subject
- *TRISOMY 18 syndrome
*LOW birth weight
*CHYLOTHORAX
*INFANTS
*PLEURAL effusions
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Chylothorax is a rare but life‐threatening condition in neonates. We herein report the successful use of OK‐432 for a low‐birth‐weight infant with trisomy 18 who developed refractory chylothorax after thoracic surgery. Increasing the concentration of OK‐432 seems useful in cases with a lot of pleural effusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]