25% of kids with repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia can have abnormal pulmonary function: Study
Written By : Dr. Nandita Mohan
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2021-03-19 18:23 GMT | Update On 2021-03-19 18:23 GMT
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According to a recent research, it has been observed that a quarter of children with repaired congenital diaphragmatic hernia showed abnormal pulmonary function.
The study is published in the BMC Pediatrics.
June-Young Koh and colleagues from the Departments of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea and Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea carried out this study to evaluate the long-term functional and structural pulmonary development in children with repaired congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and to identify the associated perinatal-neonatal risk factors.
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