Prenatal lung-head ratio: Threshold to predict outcome for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1011-1016

  Aspelund, Gudrun ^a   Fisher, Jason C ^a   Simpson, Lynn L ^a   Stolar, Charles J H ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Lung head ratio; Survival

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DEVELOPMENTAL, AGE AND GROWTH PARAMETERS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVER POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL LUNG HEAD RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84862877392     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.608442     Document Type: Review

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