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- Title
Survival in early- and late-term infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Authors
Stevens, Timothy P; Chess, Patricia R; McConnochie, Kenneth M; Sinkin, Robert A; Guillet, Ronnie; Maniscalco, William M; Fisher, Susan G
- Abstract
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a malformation of the diaphragm that allows bowel to enter the thoracic cavity, resulting in pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Approximately 50% of CDH patients are treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The optimal gestational age for delivery of term infants with CDH at high risk for requiring ECMO is not known. The goal of this study was to compare survival of infants with CDH receiving ECMO born early term (38 0/7-39 6/7 weeks' gestation) with those born late term (40 0/7-41 6/7 weeks' gestation). Changes in survival rates of term infants and the factors associated with these changes were assessed over the 25 years that ECMO has been available.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2002, Vol 110, Issue 3, p590
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.110.3.590