Pulmonary Hypoplasia Publications

The following publications will help you in your search for more information about conditions that are commonly accompanied by pulmonary hypoplasia. Most are written by members of the Pulmonary Hypoplasia Program team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

• Postdischarge follow-up of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Pediatrics, March 2008)
• Postnatal management and long-term outcomes for survivors with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Prenatal Diagnosis, July 2008)
• Management of prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, November 2009)
• Prospective, interdisciplinary follow-up of children with prenatally diagnosed giant omphalocele: short-term neurodevelopmental outcome (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, April 2010)
• Neurodevelopmental outcome of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia prospectively enrolled in an interdisciplinary follow-up program (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, September 2010)
• Neurodevelopmental and neurofunctional outcomes in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Early Human Development, September 2011)
• Abnormal brain development and maturation on MR imaging in survivors of severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, March 2012)
• Early neurodevelopmental outcome of infants with high-risk fetal lung lesions (Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, April 2012)
• Fetal MRI-calculated total lung volumes in the prediction of short-term outcome in giant omphalocele: preliminary findings (Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, April 2012)
• Use of magnetic resonance imaging in prenatal prognosis of the fetus with isolated left congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Prenatal Diagnosis, August 2012)
• Assessment of early pulmonary function abnormalities in giant omphalocele survivors (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, October 2012)
• Longitudinal neurodevelopmental and neuromotor outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients in the first 3 years of life (Journal of Perinatology, May 2013)
• Preschool neurological assessment in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survivors: Outcome and perinatal factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairment (Early Human Development, June 2013)
• Incidence and factors associated with sensorineural and conductive hearing loss among survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, June 2014)
• Lung function over the first 3 years of life in children with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Pediatric Pulmonology, July 2014)
• Pulmonary hypertension in giant omphalocele infants (Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 2014)
• Controversies in the management of severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, December 2014)

Learn more about the conditions treated by the PHP:

• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) publications
• Giant omphalocele publications
• Lung lesions publications (CCAM and BPS)