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  2. Diaphragmatic Hernia: Causes, Symptoms & Diagnosis - Healthline

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    The survival rate for an ADH correlates directly with the type of injury, age, and overall health of the individual, as well as the severity of the hernia based on the size and other organs ...

  3. Premature Baby Survival Rates - Healthline

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    This is because their vital organs — like the heart and lungs — are much more developed. According to the University of Utah Health, the survival rate for your baby is 80 to 90 percent at 28 ...

  4. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia - Wikipedia

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    Survival rates for infants with this condition vary, but have generally been increasing through advances in neonatal medicine. Work has been done to correlate survival rates to ultrasound measurements of the lung volume as compared to the baby's head circumference. This figure known as the lung-to-head ratio (LHR).

  5. Premature Baby Weight: Expectations and Concerns - Healthline

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    A baby can more than double their weight in only about 10 weeks. Your little one weighs only about 3 pounds at week 30 of pregnancy. Most full-term babies born at about 40 weeks of pregnancy weigh ...

  6. Pulmonary hypoplasia - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary hypoplasia is an incomplete development of the lungs, resulting in an abnormally low number or small size of bronchopulmonary segments or alveoli. A congenital malformation, most often occurs secondary to other fetal abnormalities that interfere with normal development of the lungs. Primary ( idiopathic) pulmonary hypoplasia is rare ...

  7. Preterm birth - Wikipedia

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    Deaths. 805,800 [7] Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. [1] Extreme preterm [2] is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 28 and 32 weeks, early preterm birth occurs between 32 and 34 weeks, late ...

  8. What to Know About Teratogens and Birth Defects - WebMD

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    In fact, around 4% to 5% of birth defects are the result of teratogen exposure. Once the baby has developed and a blood supply connection has formed between them and the pregnant person, anything ...

  9. Baby Born at 32 Weeks: Survival Rate, Time in Hospital, More

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    very preterm, born between 25 and 32 weeks. extremely preterm, born before 25 weeks. If your baby reaches 32 weeks of gestation (time in the womb) and is born at 32 weeks, they’re moderate ...