Management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-331

  Bösenberg, Adrian T ^a,b   Brown, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Management; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ILOPROST; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SILDENAFIL;

DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 43149084797     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f9e214     Document Type: Review

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