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Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Publication date: 2017-06-01
Volume: 49 Pages: 704 - 713
Publisher: Blackwell Science

Author:

Russo, Francesca Maria
Eastwood, Mary Patrice ; Keijzer, Richard ; Al-Maary, Jamila ; Toelen, Jaan ; Van Mieghem, Tim ; Deprest, Jan

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Acoustics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, ECMO, fetal MRI, fetal ultrasound, pulmonary hypertension, TO-HEAD RATIO, FETAL LUNG, PRENATAL PREDICTION, RISK STRATIFICATION, NEONATAL MORBIDITY, FETUSES, SURVIVAL, VOLUME, MRI, TERM, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Female, Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital, Humans, Liver Diseases, Lung, Predictive Value of Tests, Pregnancy, Severity of Illness Index, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 3202 Clinical sciences, 3215 Reproductive medicine

Abstract:

To identify antenatal predictors of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH) and need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).