Chylothorax associated with a PICC line in a very low birth weight infant

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Pagan Tawhai (Author), Jutta van den Boom (Author), Jitoko Cama (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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A premature female neonate with perforated necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) required a laparotomy as well as a prolonged period of parental nutrition (PN) delivered via a left percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC). Two weeks post PICC insertion, she developed left chylothorax with positioni...