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==Overview==
==Overview==


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==Physical Examination==
===General appearance===
*A neonate with CDH usually appears [[cyanotic]] and in acute distress.<ref name="pmid23378478">{{cite journal |vauthors=Haroon J, Chamberlain RS |title=An evidence-based review of the current treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia |journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=115–24 |year=2013 |pmid=23378478 |doi=10.1177/0009922812472249 |url=}}</ref>
===Vital signs===
*Heart rate: [[tachycardia]]
*Respiratory rate: [[tachypnea]]
*Blood pressure: The infant may have [[hypotension]] due to compression of the ventricles
===Lungs===
*The [[chest]] may have a barrel shape.
*Absent [[breath sounds]] at the side of the hernia<ref name="pmid8176602">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lund DP, Mitchell J, Kharasch V, Quigley S, Kuehn M, Wilson JM |title=Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the hidden morbidity |journal=J. Pediatr. Surg. |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=258–62; discussion 262–4 |year=1994 |pmid=8176602 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Peristaltic sounds in the chest
===Heart===
*The [[heart sounds]] may be displaced to the other side of the chest.
*The heart sounds may reveal the [[murmurs]] of associated cardiac anomalies.
===Abdomen===
*The abdomen is [[scaphoid]] due to herniation of the abdominal content into the thoracic cavity.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}

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Diaphragmatic hernia Main page

Patient Information

Overview

Historical Perspective

Classification

Pathophysiology

Differentiating Diaphragmatic hernia from other Diseases

Epidemiology

Risk factors

Screening

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms

Physical Examination

Laboratory Findings

Radiological tests

Treatment

Medical treatment

Surgical treatment

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]

Overview

Physical Examination

General appearance

  • A neonate with CDH usually appears cyanotic and in acute distress.[1]

Vital signs

Lungs

  • The chest may have a barrel shape.
  • Absent breath sounds at the side of the hernia[2]
  • Peristaltic sounds in the chest

Heart

  • The heart sounds may be displaced to the other side of the chest.
  • The heart sounds may reveal the murmurs of associated cardiac anomalies.

Abdomen

  • The abdomen is scaphoid due to herniation of the abdominal content into the thoracic cavity.

References

  1. Haroon J, Chamberlain RS (2013). "An evidence-based review of the current treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia". Clin Pediatr (Phila). 52 (2): 115–24. doi:10.1177/0009922812472249. PMID 23378478.
  2. Lund DP, Mitchell J, Kharasch V, Quigley S, Kuehn M, Wilson JM (1994). "Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the hidden morbidity". J. Pediatr. Surg. 29 (2): 258–62, discussion 262–4. PMID 8176602.