Changing Perspectives on the Perinatal Management of Isolated Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Europe

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-347

  Deprest, Jan A ^a   Gratacos, Eduardo ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros ^c   Done, Elise ^a   Van Mieghem, Tim ^a   Gucciardo, Leonardo ^a   Claus, Filip ^a   Debeer, Anne ^a   Allegaert, Karel ^a   Reiss, Irwin ^d   Tibboel, Dick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal tracheal occlusion; Neonatal management; Prediction of outcome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BALLOON; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67549119723     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.03.004     Document Type: Review

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