Clinical characteristics of chylothorax: results from the International Collaborative Effusion database.
José M PorcelSilvia BielsaCarmen CivitAvinash AujayebJulius JanssenUffe BodtgerKatrine FjaellegaardJesper Koefod PetersenHugh WelchJenny SymondsMichael A MitchellElżbieta Magdalena GrabczakMohamed EllayehDinesh AddalaJohn M WrightsonNajib M RahmanMohammed MunavvarCoenraad F N KoegelenbergGonzalo LabarcaFederico MeiNick MaskellRahul BhatnagarPublished in: ERJ open research (2023)
Chylothoraces have a poor prognosis and most require pleural interventions. Despite the standard recommendations, lymphatic imaging is seldom used, nor are dietary restrictions followed.