Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Case Report Volume 3 - Issue 2

María Hoyos Herrera¹*, Juan Tafur Delgado¹, Rafael Chicha Polo², Fabiola Menco Contreras³, Michael Muñoz Ortíz⁴

• ¹Second-year pediatric resident, Universidad del Sinú de Montería, Colombia
• ²Neonatologist pediatrician at the Casa del Niño Maternal and Child Unit, Montería, Colombia
• ³Second year pediatric resident, Universidad del Sinú de Montería, Colombia
• ⁴Second year pediatric resident, Universidad del Sinú de Montería, Colombia

Received: May 25 , 2021;   Published:June 08, 2021

Corresponding author:María Hoyos Herrera, Second-year pediatric resident, Universidad del Sinú de Montería, Colombia.

DOI: 10.32474/PAPN.2021.03.000159

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Abstract

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is a malformation resulting from incomplete fusion of the pleuroperitoneal membrane, it occurs in around 1/5000 live newborns, it produces in the vast majority of cases severe symptoms of respiratory failure and pulmonary arterial hypertension in this age group. Treatment is based on maintaining the best respiratory conditions in the child through intensive neonatal therapy management and, once this objective is achieved, surgical correction of the anatomical defect should proceed. Unfortunately, despite the progress in respiratory management of the seriously ill newborn, mortality from this disease is reported above 75%. We present a case in which the left diaphragmatic hernia associated with pulmonary hypertension led to a fatal outcome in a newborn, despite timely and adequate interventions.

Keywords: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia; Pulmonary Hypertension; Respiratory Failure of The Newborn; Surgical Correction

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