Recent reports suggest that specific care strategies improve survival of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This review presents details of care from centers reporting high rates of ...

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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) results from failure of complete fusion of the developing fetal diaphragm – a process that normally occurs between gestational weeks 6 and 8. The defect may be ...

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscular barrier between the chest and abdominal cavities. It separates your heart and lungs from your abdominal organs (stomach, intestines, spleen, and liver). A ...