Povidone-iodine for persistent air leak in an extremely low birth weight infant

Arayici, SEMA; Simsek, Gulsum; Oncel, Mehmet; Yilmaz, Yavuz; Canpolat, Fuat; Dilmen, Ugur

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.072

Povidone-iodine for persistent air leak in an extremely low birth weight infant

Arayici S., Simsek G. K., Oncel M. Y., Yilmaz Y., Canpolat F. E., Dilmen U.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, cilt.48, sa.5, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.072
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Anahtar Kelimeler: Povidone-iodine, Pneumothorax, Extremely low birth weight, FIBRIN GLUE, PNEUMOTHORAX
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chemical pleurodesis with povidone-iodine has been used to treat congenital idiopathic chylothorax in neonates. We report successful use of povidone-iodine in an extremely premature infant to treat a pneumothorax that had persisted for more than one week despite high-frequency ventilation. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.