José M Porcel, Silvia Bielsa, Carmen Civit, Avinash Aujayeb, Julius Janssen, Uffe Bodtger, Katrine Fjaellegaard, Jesper Koefod Petersen, Hugh Welch, Jenny Symonds, Michael A Mitchell, Elżbieta Magdalena Grabczak, Mohamed Ellayeh, Dinesh Addala, John M Wrightson, Najib M Rahman, Mohammed Munavvar, Coenraad F N Koegelenberg, Gonzalo Labarca, Federico Mei, Nick Maskell, Rahul Bhatnagar
BACKGROUND: Chylothorax is an uncommon medical condition for which limited data are available regarding the contemporary aetiology, management and outcomes. The goal of this study was to better define these poorly characterised features. METHODS: The medical records of adult patients diagnosed with chylothorax at 12 centres across Europe, America and South Africa from 2009-2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed...
September 2023: ERJ Open Research