Join us live on our Facebook page for the 2019 annual CDH Telethon, hosted by CDH International President, Dawn Ireland, with patient and hospital interviews, celebrity appearances and more all to raise money to fight Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. View the 2019 CDH Telethon beginning at...
In the worse cases of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, in-utero procedures are sometimes performed as a last ditch effort to save the patient's life....
We want to introduce you to CDH International's Mississippi Ambassador, Milinda Floyd. Milinda is the mom to cherub Bryer. Milinda Floyd lives in Northeast Mississippi, where she is married and has a daughter and two sons. Milinda spends her days taking her two youngest boys to...
Today's featured cherub is Kalianna Root. Kalianna is the daughter of Sarah Polich. Sarah had this to share about Kalianna: "The first time I heard of CDH was at my 19 week ultrasound appointment. I was going to hopefully find out the sex of the baby that...
We want to introduce you to CDH International's Texas Ambassador, Jessie Alderete. Jessie is the mom to cherub Tristan. Jessie Alderete is from Albuquerque, New Mexico, but moved to Houston Texas for medical care for her son Tristan. She is a pediatric nurse and is in...
85% of babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia are diagnosed in utero via routine ultrasound....
Today's featured cherub is Luna Diaz. Luna is the daughter of Dania Diaz. Dania had this to share about her daughter: “Luna was diagnosed with a severe right-sided CDH at 20 weeks gestation in December 2011. My husband and I attempted to get help from our...
On April 19th the Retirement Systems of Mobile, Alabama, will light up blue, pink and yellow in support of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness. Special thanks to The Retirement Systems of Mobile, Alabama, for supporting Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness. Visit the event page https://www.facebook.com/events/436238830269002/ ...
J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb 20. pii: S0022-3468(19)30059-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.01.022. [Epub ahead of print] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30954228 Fetal echocardiography (ECHO) in assessment of structural heart defects in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients: Is early postnatal ECHO necessary for ECMO candidacy? Style CC1, Olutoye OO2, Verla MA1, Lopez KN3, Vogel AM1, Lau PE1, Cruz SM1, Espinoza J4, Fernandes CJ5, Keswani SG6, Lee TC7. Author information Abstract PURPOSE: The purpose...
On April 19th the Retirement Systems of Montgomery, Alabama, will light up blue, pink and yellow in support of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness. Special thanks to The Retirement Systems of Montgomery, Alabama, for supporting Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness. You can visit the event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/2327211247566478/ ...