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ArticleIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2022

An Unusual Presentation of Spontaneous Chylothorax.

Amita Kaul, Anurag Fursule, Sachin Shah

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Article in Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Letter to Editor regarding "Unusual Presentation of Spontaneous Chylothorax".Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amita KaulDepartment of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Surya Mother and Child Super Speciality Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3563-2038
Anurag FursuleDepartment of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Surya Mother and Child Super Speciality Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1634-6172
Sachin ShahDepartment of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Surya Mother and Child Super Speciality Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-3832
Surya Hospitals · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

True bilateral spontaneous chylothorax without any etiology has been reported rarely in the pediatric literature. A 3-year-old male child was detected to have incidental moderate chylothorax on USG thorax done for scrotal swelling. Investigations for infectious, malignant, cardiac, and congenital etiology were unremarkable. Effusion was drained by securing bilateral intercostal drains (ICD) and confirmed to be chyle on biochemical evaluation. The child was discharged with ICD in situ, but there was non-resolution of bilateral pleural effusion. Because of the failure of conservative treatment, video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) with pleurodesis was done. Thereafter, the child improved symptomatically and was discharged. On follow-up, there is no recurrence of pleural effusion, and the child has been growing well, albeit the etiology remains elusive. Chylothorax should not be missed in children presenting with scrotal swelling. In children with spontaneous chylothorax, VATS should be done after a fair trial of conservative medical management (thoracic drainage) along with continued nutritional management. How to cite this article: Kaul A, Fursule A, Shah S. An Unusual Presentation of Spontaneous Chylothorax. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(7):871-873.

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ChylothoraxPediatric intensive care unitVideo-assisted thoracoscopy

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