Fetal lung volume in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
In a retrospective study of 22 neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal lung volume (FLV) measured by magnetic resonance imaging was associated with survival; the best FLV ratio cut-off to predict mortality was 30% of expected FLV. This study supports a correlation between FLV and the chances of survival.
Bonfils
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Service de Réanimation Néonatale, CHU de Grenoble, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 09, France.
Emeriaud
G
G
Durand
C
C
Brancato
S
S
Nugues
F
F
Jouk
P-S
PS
Wroblewski
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I
Debillon
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T
D001724:Birth Weight; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis