The Chest Radiographic Thoracic Area Can Serve as a Prediction Marker for Morbidity and Mortality in Infants With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

• Main Authors: Meike Weis (Author), Sosan Burhany (Author), Alba Perez Ortiz (Author), Oliver Nowak (Author), Svetlana Hetjens (Author), Katrin Zahn (Author), Stefan Schoenberg (Author), Thomas Schaible (Author), Neysan Rafat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Valid postnatal prediction parameters for neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are lacking, but recently, the chest radiographic thoracic area (CRTA) was proposed to predict survival with high sensitivity. Here, we evaluated whether the CRTA correlated with morbidity and mo...