The lung-to-thorax transverse area ratio at term and near term correlates with survival in isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 707-713

  Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a   Masumoto, Kouji ^a   Morokuma, Seiichi ^a   Yoshimura, Takazumi ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Hara, Toshiro ^a   Sakaguchi, Yoshiro ^a   Takahashi, Shosuke ^a   Wake, Norio ^a   Suita, Sachiyo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Lung area to head circumference ratio; Lung hypoplasia; Lung to thorax transverse area ratio; Sonography

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY THERAPY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCES; LIVER HERNIATIONS; LUNG AREA-TO-HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE RATIO; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG-TO-THORAX TRANSVERSE AREA RATIO; OUTCOME MEASURES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS MATURITY; HEAD; LIVER; LUNG; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CESAREAN SECTION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LUNG; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 45849126887     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.707     Document Type: Review

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