Observed to expected lung area to head circumference ratio in the prediction of survival in fetuses with isolated diaphragmatic hernia

Jani, Jacques; H. Nicolaides, K.; L. Keller, Roberta; Benachi, Alexandra; Fábio Andrioli Peralta, Cleisson; Favre, R.; Moreno, Óscar; Tibboel, Dick; Lipitz, Shlomo; Eggink, A.J.; Vaast, P.; Allegaert, Karel; R. Harrison, Michael; Deprest, Jan; behalf of the Antenatal‐CDH‐Registry Group, on

doi:10.1002/uog.4052

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Observed to expected lung area to head circumference ratio in the prediction of survival in fetuses with isolated diaphragmatic hernia

Published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology • Jun 22, 2007

Authors:

Jacques Jani

K. H. Nicolaides

Roberta L. Keller

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of antenatally determined observed to expected fetal lung area to head circumference ratio (LHR) in the prediction of postnatal survival in isolated, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS: Two groups of fetuses were examined. The first group included 650 norma...

Subject

Medicine

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Fetus

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