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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia ( CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include Morgagni hernia, diaphragm eventration and central tendon defects of the diaphragm. Malformation of the diaphragm allows the abdominal organs to push into the chest cavity, hindering proper lung ...
A congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is due to the abnormal development of the diaphragm while the fetus is forming. A defect in the diaphragm of the fetus allows one or more of their abdominal ...
Fetal surgery also known as antenatal surgery, prenatal surgery, [1] is a growing branch of maternal-fetal medicine that covers any of a broad range of surgical techniques that are used to treat congenital abnormalities in fetuses who are still in the pregnant uterus. There are three main types: [2] open fetal surgery, which involves completely ...
the absence of breathing. shallow breathing. irregular breathing. rapid breathing. grunting. nasal flaring. retractions, which happen when your baby pulls their chest or abdominal muscles in with ...
According to the University of Utah Health, the survival rate for your baby is 80 to 90 percent at 28 weeks. Some clinical studies have even more promising data, showing survival rates of 94 ...
November 19, 1997 (age 26) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Known for. First known set of surviving septuplets. Parents. Kenny McCaughey (father) Bobbi McCaughey (mother) The McCaughey septuplets ( / mæˈkɔɪiː /; born November 19, 1997) are septuplets born to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey in Des Moines, Iowa. They are the world's first known set of ...
Five-month-old Anas Stateh was one of 31 babies evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza in November. Now, he and his family are struggling to survive in Rafah. They survived a life-or ...
Dicephalic parapagus ( / daɪˈsɛfəlɪk /) is a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. [1] Infants conjoined this way are sometimes called "two-headed babies" in popular media. [2] The condition is also called parapagus dicephalus.