OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of three-dimensional ultrasound to predict outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care centre. POPULATION: Twelve cases of isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (11 left-sided, 1 right-sided) and 109 controls. METHODS: Fetal lung volume was assessed by three-dimensional ultrasound using the technique of rotation of the multiplanar imaging. In the control fetuses, a logistic transformation was performed to correlate fetal lung volume with gestational age, and the confidence interval was obtained with a bootstrap resampling. A mathematical equation was then obtained allowing calculation of the expected fetal lung volume as a function of gestational age. In fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, the observed/expected lung volume ratio was compared with postnatal outcome. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Neonatal mortality and pulmonary hypoplasia, which was defined as lung/body weight ratios less than 0.012. RESULTS: The expected fetal lung volume was derived from the mathematical equation: Fetal lung volume (mL) = exp (4.72/(1 + exp ((20.32 - gestational age in weeks)/6.05))). The observed/expected fetal lung volume ratio was significantly lower in the congenital diaphragmatic hernia group (median: 0.34, range: 0.16-0.66), than in the control group (median: 1.02, range: 0.62-1.97, P < 0.0001). The distribution of this ratio was significantly downshifted in the infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia who died (median: 0.19, range: 0.18-0.66) compared with survivors (median: 0.44, range: 0.36-0.66, P= 0.04). The observed/expected fetal lung volume ratio was also correlated with the postmortem lung/body weight ratio. CONCLUSION: In isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal lung volume measurement by three-dimensional ultrasound is a potential predictor for pulmonary hypoplasia and postnatal outcome.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of three-dimensional ultrasound to predict outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care centre. POPULATION: Twelve cases of isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (11 left-sided, 1 right-sided) and 109 controls. METHODS: Fetal lung volume was assessed by three-dimensional ultrasound using the technique of rotation of the multiplanar imaging. In the control fetuses, a logistic transformation was performed to correlate fetal lung volume with gestational age, and the confidence interval was obtained with a bootstrap resampling. A mathematical equation was then obtained allowing calculation of the expected fetal lung volume as a function of gestational age. In fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, the observed/expected lung volume ratio was compared with postnatal outcome. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Neonatal mortality and pulmonary hypoplasia, which was defined as lung/body weight ratios less than 0.012. RESULTS: The expected fetal lung volume was derived from the mathematical equation: Fetal lung volume (mL) = exp (4.72/(1 + exp ((20.32 - gestational age in weeks)/6.05))). The observed/expected fetal lung volume ratio was significantly lower in the congenital diaphragmatic hernia group (median: 0.34, range: 0.16-0.66), than in the control group (median: 1.02, range: 0.62-1.97, P < 0.0001). The distribution of this ratio was significantly downshifted in the infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia who died (median: 0.19, range: 0.18-0.66) compared with survivors (median: 0.44, range: 0.36-0.66, P= 0.04). The observed/expected fetal lung volume ratio was also correlated with the postmortem lung/body weight ratio. CONCLUSION: In isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia, fetal lung volume measurement by three-dimensional ultrasound is a potential predictor for pulmonary hypoplasia and postnatal outcome.
Authors: João Fernando Kazan-Tannus; Vandana Dialani; Milliam L Kataoka; Gloria Chiang; Henry A Feldman; Jeffrey S Brown; Deborah Levine Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol Date: 2007-07 Impact factor: 3.959
Authors: C Jeanty; J K Nien; J Espinoza; J P Kusanovic; L F Gonçalves; F Qureshi; S Jacques; W Lee; R Romero Journal: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Date: 2007-04 Impact factor: 7.299