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ArticlePediatric cardiology2018

Cardiac Function Assessments in Left Bochdalek's Hernia: Clinical Relevance.

Arvind Sehgal, Kenneth Tan, Peter Ferguson

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Article in Pediatric cardiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Echocardiographic predictors of adverse outcomes in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arvind SehgalMonash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, 246, Clayton Road, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, 3168, Australia. Arvind.Sehgal@monash.edu.
Kenneth TanMonash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, 246, Clayton Road, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, 3168, Australia.
Peter FergusonPediatric Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Monash Children’s Hospital · AUMonash Health · AUMonash University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to characterize peri-operative echocardiographic (ECHO) assessments of right ventricular (RV) function and pulmonary hypertension (PH) and ascertain correlation with clinical outcomes in infants with left Bochdalek's hernia (LBH). This retrospective study in a quaternary neonatal intensive care unit involved electronic database search for infants with LBH during January 2009 to July 2017. Demographics, outcomes, and ECHO parameters were accessed from archived databases. Thirty-one infants with mean gestational age and birthweight (BW) 38.4 ± 1.4 weeks and 3079 ± 450 g were included. Postnatal age at surgery was 4.3 ± 2 days. Two infants died before surgery (none after surgery). The survival rate in this cohort of late preterm and term infants with LBH not accompanied by congenital heart disease was 29/31 (93.5%). PH was noted in 28 (90%). Significant changes in biventricular function and pulmonary vascular haemodynamics were noted when reassessed after surgery [RV area change (%), 28 ± 3 vs. 34 ± 4, p = 0.007 and pulmonary artery capacitance (PAC) (ml

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Databases, FactualEchocardiographyFemaleGestational AgeHemodynamicsHernias, Diaphragmatic, CongenitalHumansHypertension, PulmonaryInfantInfant, NewbornMalePulmonary ArteryRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateVentricular Function, RightBochdalekCardiac functionDiaphragmatic herniaEchocardiographyOutcomePulmonary hypertension

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PMID29473101
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