1. Diagnosis and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a clinical practice guideline
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Thérèse Perreault, Anne Synnes, J A Michelle Bailey, Richard Keijzer, Erik D. Skarsgard, Helene Flageole, Robert Baird, Priscilla P.L. Chiu, Mary Brindle, Thomas Pennaforte, Pramod S. Puligandla, Douglas McMillan, Arthur Cogswell, Titilayo Oluyomi-Obi, Michael Traynor, Martin Offringa, S. Patricia Riley, Ian Adatia, Greg Ryan, Bruno Piedboeuf, and Shyamala Dakshinamurti
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Canada ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,Diaphragmatic breathing ,Prenatal diagnosis ,Guideline ,Ultrasonography, Prenatal ,03 medical and health sciences ,Pulmonary hypoplasia ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,Prenatal Diagnosis ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Societies, Medical ,Patient Care Team ,Lung ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Congenital diaphragmatic hernia ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary hypertension ,Surgery ,Diaphragm (structural system) ,body regions ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Echocardiography ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital ,business - Abstract
KEY POINTS Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which occurs in about 1 in 3300 live births, is a congenital defect in the diaphragm that allows herniation of abdominal viscera into the thorax.[1][1] The resulting abnormal lung development leads to pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension
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- 2018