Chronic lung disease in preterm infants is not a homogenous diagnosis. We highlight the case of a preterm infant with persistent respiratory distress complicated by diaphragm dysfunction, neurologic ...

Introduction: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a condition in which the hepatic outflow tract is obstructed. In some rare situations, abnormal diaphragmatic eventration (DE) is the main cause of BCS; ...

IT HAS long been considered that eventration of the diaphragm is a condition not amenable to surgical therapy. Furthermore, the opinion has been held that while distressful symptoms may be associated ...

Thoma, 37 in 1882, was the first to suggest that most cases of eventration were congenital in origin. In 1916 Bayne-Jones 11 offered considerable evidence in support of this thesis. The principal ...

Background: Intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is a rare congenital disease, with only about 40 pediatric cases reported worldwide to date. ITK associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is even ...

ABSTRACT: Congenital hernia of the diaphragmatic dome (CHDD) is an embryonic malformation in which all or part of the diaphragmatic dome fails to develop properly. In the majority of cases (80% to 90% ...

One Monday in May, Easton Pinnell, 7, started playing after lunch when dad, Casey Pinnell, saw the boy clutching his tummy. “His stomach was hurting right after he ate and was laying on the couch and ...

For research papers The BMJ has fully open peer review. This means that accepted research papers published from early 2015 onwards usually have their prepublication history posted alongside them on ...

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If you’re not using your diaphragm efficiently, you’re not getting the most out of your workout, experts say. Credit...By Laura Edelbacher Supported by By Hannah Seo Most runners know that in order to ...

Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are offering a new robotic surgery option for patients with a paralyzed diaphragm. UAB Hospital is one of the only hospitals in the region offering ...