Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: the outcome.
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy may result in a child suffering significant morbidity and mortality either from a parent or carer or as a result of unnecessary hospital admissions, investigations and treatment. It should therefore be considered in the differential diagnosis of any child with signs or symptoms that remain unexplained after standard investigations or are unresponsive to treatment.
A congenital chylothorax that necessitated recurrent pleural taps was successfully treated by a pleuroperitoneal shunt that was inserted when the infant was 28 days old. Further thoracentesis was avoided and failure to thrive was overcome.