Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is characterized by failure of diaphragmatic development with lung hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). If conventional treatment with gentle ventilation and optimized vasoactive medication fails, extracorporeal membrane oxygen...

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Main Authors: Neysan Rafat, Thomas Schaible
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
congenital diaphragmatic hernia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
pulmonary hypertension
surgical repair
long-term outcome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2019.00336/full

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