Table 4.

Impact of a protocol-based approach on outcomes

Variable	Pre-implementation (n=26)	Post-implementation (n=20)	p-value
Era	Before September 2014	After September 2014
Amount (mL/kg/day)	18 (1.0–115)	13 (0.9–79)	0.48
Chylothorax duration (day)	24 (6–196)	14 (6–39)	0.045
Hospital stay (day)	37 (7–331)	21 (9–184)	0.067
In-hospital death	2	0	0.20
Recurrent chylothorax	2	2	0.78

Values are presented as median (range), unless otherwise stated.