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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Mar 19;213(2):216.e1–216.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.03.036

Table 1.

Characteristics of 118 Infants with CDH and Fetal Imaging

Neonatal characteristics All infants N= 118 LHR available* N=53 Liver position available N=112 Stomach position available N=80
 Gestational age (weeks) 38 (±2.3) 37 (±2.6) 38 (±2.3) 38 (±2.2)
 Male sex 58% (68) 53% (28) 59% (66) 55% (44)
 Fetal tracheal occlusion surgery 8% (9) 15% (8) 8% (9) 10% (8)
 Year of birth
  2002 – 2005 30% (35) 26% (14) 29% (33) 29% (23)
 2006 – 2008 25% (29) 23% (12) 25% (28) 25% (20)
 2009 – 2012 46% (54) 51% (27) 46% (51) 46% (37)
 Time to resolution of PH (median days, IQR) 14 (9, 20) 15 (10, 21) 14 (9, 18) 15 (9, 21)
 Death 19% (23) 32% (17) 21% (23) 25% (20)
 ECMO 13% (15) 15% (8) 13% (15) 15% (12)
 Chronic lung disease 23% (22) 28% (10) 22% (20) 28% (17)

Data reported as mean (± SD) or %(N) unless otherwise stated

*

Patients only included if fetal ultrasound was performed between 20 and 29 weeks gestational age. Three infants excluded for scan under 20 weeks; 33 excluded for scan 29 weeks and over.

Time to estimated pulmonary arterial pressures <2/3 systemic systolic pressures among those who resolved prior to death/discharge