Last week, the President of CDHi, Dawn Ireland, was in Basel, Switzerland attending BioData World Congress 2018 as one of only two patient advocates in a sea of pharma, data, and health experts. “It’s been very educational learning about blockchains, the different health databases (or lack of) in different countries, security and reminding everyone that …
Here is a list of the current Facebook fundraisers benefiting CDH International and CHERUBS: Kayla’s fundraiser for CDH International in memory of Harlie Marino Hope’s fundraiser for CDH International Karen’s #GivingTuesday Fundraiser for CDH International Dawn’s fundraiser for CDH International for #GivingTuesday Becca’s #GivingTuesday Fundraiser for CDH International In memory for Payton #GivingTuesday Fundraiser for …
Featured cherub of the week is Tanner Kelly, the son of Shaun and Justine Kelly. Tanner will turn 3 on December 28th. “When we got our CDH diagnosis we also got something more – an entire extended family full of encouragement, love and support. We are beyond thankful to CHERUBS for that.” ~ Shaun and …
Thoracic hernias are characterised by either protrusion of the thoracic contents outside their normal anatomical confines or extension of the abdominal contents within the thorax. Thoracic hernias can be either congenital or acquired in aetiology. They can occur at the level of the thoracic inlet, chest wall or diaphragm. Thoracic hernias can be symptomatic or …
This article presents a multi-modality tracking and navigation system achieved by merging optical tracking and ultrasound imaging into a novel navigation software to help in surgical pre-planning and real-time target setting and guidance. Fetal surgeries require extensive experience in coordination of hand-eye-ultrasound-surgical equipment, knowledge, and precise assessment of relative anatomy. While there are navigation systems …
PURPOSE: To evaluate the vascular ventilatory response in different stages of lung development and to compare them to the neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a rabbit model. METHODS: New Zealand rabbits were divided into 8 groups (n=5): E25, E27, E30, and CDH. All groups were ventilated on a FlexiVent (Scireq, Montreal, QC, Canada), …
Morgagni diaphragmatic hernia (MH) is rare. We report our experience based on routine patch use in MH repair to curb recurrence. A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to study the recurrence and complications associated with minimally invasive surgery and the use of patch. We retrospectively reviewed all cases of MH who underwent first-time repair …
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is assumed to originate from a malformation of the amuscular mesenchymal component of the primordial diaphragm. Mutations in ephrin-B1, a membrane protein that is expressed by mesenchymal cells, have been found in newborn infants with CDH and associated pulmonary hypoplasia (PH), highlighting its important role during diaphragmatic and airway development. Ephrin-B1, …
Recent advances in prenatal diagnosis, high frequency oscillatory ventilation and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapies have progressively improved the survival of patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). However, CDH is associated with high morbidity that affects about half of surviving children. The main sequelae observed are respiratory (asthma, persistent PAH [PPAH], bronchopulmonary dysplasia, respiratory infections) …
AIM: To evaluate tracheal diameters and their clinical impact in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) after fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO). METHODS: Patients born with CDH between January 2012 and August 2016 were divided into two groups: noFETO and FETO. Tracheal diameters at three levels (T1, carina, and maximum tracheal dilation) on chest X-ray at …
Our homepage is temporarily modified for the month of December in remembrance of cherubs lost and in honor of those cherubs who survived Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. The 2018 National Children’s Memorial Day is Sunday, December 9th. At 7:00 pm in each time zone, people will be lighting candles to remember all children lost. We …
