How well informed are we about the outcome of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)?
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: short-term outcome.
BACKGROUND Despite progress in medical and surgical care the mortality rate of congenital diaphragmatic hernia remains high. Assessment of short-term outcome is important for comparison between different medical centers. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term outcome of infants born with symptomatic CDH and to correlate demographic and clinical parameters with short-term outcome. METHODS We ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199906000-00041