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REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND REPORT OF A CASE

KARL A. MEYER, M.D.; SAMUEL J. HOFFMAN, M.D.; JENNIE KANTOR AMTMAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1938;56(3):600-607.

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The mortality from congenital diaphragmatic hernia would be perceptibly reduced by earlier recognition of the condition and earlier operative intervention. This end could undoubtedly be accomplished by more frequent appearance of reports in the literature, since in diagnosis congenital diaphragmatic hernia is often overlooked. Harrington¹ claimed that the incidence of the condition is in direct proportion to the frequency with which it is thought of in making differential diagnosis. Keith² expressed the feeling that persons with diaphragmatic hernia might be more successfully operated on if the condition were recognized at birth. Grulee³ stated that congenital diaphragmatic hernia should be considered more often when diagnoses are made, especially in many cases of supposed dextrocardia. Sudden deaths at birth should not always be attributed to an enlarged thymus or to congenital heart disease; they should be further investigated by autopsy.

Although the mortality and the morbidity for diaphragmatic hernia . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Illinois and from the Cook County Hospital.

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