Delayed presentation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with strangulated bowel

• Main Authors: Felippe Flausino, M.Sc (Author), Luiza Maes Manara (Author), Johny Grechi Camacho (Author), Jose Antônio de Souza, Phd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a frequent malformation (1 per 5000 births)(1). The diagnosis occurs frequently during prenatal assessment, however, in Brazil, it occurs in less than half of the cases (41%)(2) which may represent a bigger rate of delayed diagnosis. The relevance and challen...