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The lung-to-thorax transverse area ratio at term and near term correlates with survival in isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Kiyomi K Tsukimori, Kouji K Masumoto, Seiichi S Morokuma, Takazumi T Yoshimura, Tomoaki T Taguchi, Toshiro T Hara, Yoshiro Y Sakaguchi, Shosuke S Takahashi, Norio N Wake, and Sachiyo S Suita

J Ultrasound Med 27(5):707-13 (2008) PMID 18424645

The purpose of this study was to determine how well liver position, the lung area-to-head circumference (L/H) ratio, and the lung-to-thorax transverse area (L/T) ratio predicted the need for extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and survival in fetuses with isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

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