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Diaphragmatic Hernias: Multimedia
Updated: Oct 27, 2008
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![]() | Media file 1: Graph illustrating the concept of the hidden mortality of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Image courtesy of Michael Harrison, MD. |
![]() | Media file 2: Photograph of a one-day-old infant with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Note the scaphoid abdomen. This occurs if significant visceral herniation into the chest is present. |
![]() | Media file 3: Radiograph of an infant with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Note shift of the mediastinum to the right, air-filled bowel in the left chest, and the position of the orogastric tube. |
![]() | Media file 5: Diagram illustrating the sheep model of PLUG, the trachea used for the fetal management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Image courtesy of Michael Harrison, MD. |
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Keywords
congenital diaphragmatic hernia, CDH, posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia, Bochdalek hernia, retrosternal hernia, Morgagni's hernia, respiratory distress, pulmonary hypoplasia, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary immaturity, neural tube defects, polyhydramnios, hydrops fetalis, cystic adenomatoid malformation, cystic teratoma, thymic cysts, foregut duplication cyst, neurogenic tumors, feeding intolerance, tachycardia, intestinal obstruction, bowel ischemia, necrosis, volvulus, ventricular hypoplasia, atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects, metabolic acidosis, persistent-newborn pulmonary hypertension










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