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4045660

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Most babies born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) die after birth. The natural course of CDH in the human fetus is not known. We found 94 cases of fetal CDH in the records of surgeons and obstetricians surveyed in the United States and Canada. We found the following: (1) prenatal diagnosis of CDH is accurate and current techniques can detect lethal nonpulmonary anomalies and prevent diagnostic errors; (2) despite optimal conventional therapy, most fetuses with detectable CDH will die in the neonatal period (80% mortality); (3) polyhydramnios is both a common prenatal marker for CDH (present in 76% of fetuses) and a predictor for poor clinical outcome (only 11% survived); (4) fetal CDH is a dynamic process--nonsurvivors have larger defects and may have more viscera displaced into the chest at an earlier stage of development. Surgical intervention before birth may be necessary to improve survival of the fetus with CDH and polyhydramnios.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3468
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Diaphragmatic hernia in the fetus: prenatal diagnosis and outcome in 94 cases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't