Pulmonary hypertension in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients: Prognostic markers and long-term outcomes

Prenatal observed/expected lung –to-head ratio (O/E LHR) by ultrasound correlates with postnatal mortality for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) patients. The aim of this study is to determine if O/E LHR correlates with pulmonary hypertension (PH) outcomes for CDH patients.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - March 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Matthew Wong, Janette Reyes, Eveline Lapidus-Krol, Monping Chiang, Tilman Humpl, Malikah Al-Faraj, Greg Ryan, Priscilla P.L. Chiu Source Type: research