Octreotide treatment in a neonate with non-chylous pleural effusion

• Main Authors: Salih Kalay (Author), Osman Oztekin (Author), Gonul Tezel (Author), Burak Emre Demir (Author), Mustafa Akcakuş (Author), Nihal Oygur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fetal pleural effusion is a rare condition. While it may regress spontaneously, it may also continue up to the post-natal period. This condition may be treated by thoracentesis, thoracoabdominal shunt application and pleurodesis in the intrauterine period while thoracentesis or tube thoracostomy may...