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Podcast: The Incubator
Episode: #429 - 🏖️ [COOL TOPICS] - Is the Lymphatic System the Circulatory System We Have Been Ignoring in the NICU? (ft. Dr. Sanjay Sinha)
Description: Send us Fan MailDr. Sanjay Sinha, interventional pediatric cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CHOC and UCI, and Co-Director of the UCLA Congenital Lymphatic Imaging and Intervention Program, opens a new chapter for neonatologists on neonatal chylothorax and lymphatic disease. He explains how to recognize lymphatic mimickers at the bedside, why woody edema should raise the index of suspicion, how MR lymphangiography is reshaping diagnosis and surgical planning, and how early targeted intervention is dramatically reducing NPO time and hospital length of stay in a population that was previously managed with a prolonged watch and wait...