Contemporary neonatal intensive care management in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Does this obviate the need for fetal therapy?

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-339

  Bohn, Desmond ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TERLIPRESSIN; TOLAZOLINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOCHDALEK HERNIA; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 77949656829     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096553950999012X     Document Type: Review

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