Treatment with low-dose aspirin in women at high risk for preterm preeclampsia resulted in a lower incidence of this diagnosis than placebo. (Funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Program and the Fetal Medicine Foundation; EudraCT number, 2013-003778-29 ; Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN13633058 .).
Objective To assess the value of antenatally determined observed to expected fetal lung area to head circumference ratio (LHR) in the prediction of postnatal survival in isolated, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
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Results
In both the normal fetuses and those with CDH the LHR increased but the observed to expected LHR did not change significantly with gestational age. In normal fetuses the mean observed to expected LHR in the left lung was 100% (95% CI, 61-139%) and in the right lung it was 100% (95% CI, 67-133%). In fetuses with CDH the mean observed to expected LHR was 39% (range 7-79%). Regression analysis demonstrated that significant predictors of survival were the observed to expected LHR (odds ratio (OR) 1.09, 95% CI, side of CDH (left side OR 11.14, 95% CI, and gestational age at delivery (OR 1.18, 95% CI,).
ConclusionIn CDH, the LHR increases while observed to expected LHR is independent of gestational age. In fetuses with both left-and right-sided CDH, measurement of the observed to expected LHR provides a useful prediction of subsequent survival.
K E Y W O R D S:congenital diaphragmatic hernia; fetal therapy; fetal tracheal occlusion; lung-to-head ratio; pulmonary hypoplasia
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Objectives To examine operative and perinatal aspects of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
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