Is oral nutritional therapy effective for the treatment of chylothorax? A case report
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- 作者：Juliana Deh Carvalho Machado ; Vivian Miguel Marques Suen ; Jú ; lio Sé ; rgio Marchini
- 关键词：Chylothorax ; Nutritional therapy ; Medium-chain triacylglycerols
- 刊名：Nutrition
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：June 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：24
- 期：6
- 页码：607-609
- 全文大小：123 K
文摘
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.