Postnatal prognosis prediction tools for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia / 中华围产医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Symptoms and prognosis of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are various,as all mild cases might survive while those severe ones have higher mortality.Therefore,an applicable tool that can screen out high-risk CDH children may help clinicians develop an individualized treatment plan and increase the survival rate.A growing number of international studies for CDH postnatal prediction tools,including single factor index and five score models,have been conducted in recent years,whereas few in China.We hereby summarized the advances in postnatal evaluation tools to predict the outcomes of CDH.