A 3.6-kg full-term male infant was transferred for management of persistent pulmonary hypertension secondary to left-sided CDH. The baby was born by a repeat C-section to a 28-year-old gravida 5 para ...

Bochdalek hernia represents the most common form of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), arising from a posterolateral defect in the diaphragm due to incomplete embryological formation. Although ...

Listen to an interview about the research on The Scope Radio. (Salt Lake City) – Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is not as well known as muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but like them it ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's a day to raise awareness about a condition that many of us have never even heard of, but is as common as spina bifida and cystic fibrosis. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a dangerous malformation of the lungs and diaphragm that causes almost a third of affected babies to die from underdeveloped lungs. So far, there have been no ...

Your patient is somewhat unusual in 2 respects -- she is female and an adult. Here is some information that may help you in providing guidance about Bochdalek's hernia to your patient. In 1848, ...

A Johns Hopkins Children Center study using medical records from an international registry concludes that female babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are slightly more likely to die ...

Diaphragmatic hernia is a not uncommon rupture of the horizontal muscle which separates the heart and lungs from the stomach and intestines. Dr. Philemon Edwards Truesdale of Fall River, Mass. repairs ...

The diaphragm is the sheet of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a hole in the diaphragm and may be from one inch to several inches across. This results in ...

Four new reviews shed light on CHD by describing the diversity of the condition, exploring potential ways of treating it, using animal models to discover which genes play a role in diaphragm ...

Even before little Ericka Landers was born, her New Bedford parents knew something was not right with their little girl. An ultrasound at 29 weeks of pregnancy showed her internal organs were askew.

Although many genetic mutations have been linked to CDH, a new study is the first to demonstrate a linkage between genetic variation and a physiological mechanism that gives rise to defects in the ...