Predicting Neonatal Deaths and Pulmonary Hypoplasia in Isolated Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Using the Sonographic Fetal Lung Volume–Body Weight Ratio

Abstract

The sonographic fetal lung volume-body weight ratio can be used more accurately to diagnose pulmonary hypoplasia than to predict neonatal deaths in fetuses with isolated CDH. Further studies are necessary to show the prevalence of pulmonary hypoplasia in fetuses with isolated CDH and its importance for predicting neonatal deaths.