Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a middle-income country: Persistent high lethality during a 12-year period.
Ana Sílvia Scavacini MarinonioMilton Harumi MiyoshiDaniela Testoni Costa-NobreAdriana SanudoKelsy Catherina Nema ArecoMandira Daripa KawakamiRita de Cássia Xavier BaldaTulio KonstantynerPaulo Bandiera PaivaRosa Maria Vieira de FreitasLilian Cristina Correia MoraisMônica La Porte TeixeiraBernadette Cunha WaldvogelCarlos Roberto Veiga KifferMaria Fernanda Branco de AlmeidaRuth GuinsburgPublished in: PloS one (2023)
During a 12-year period in São Paulo State, Brazil, CDH prevalence and neonatal mortality showed a significant increase, while lethality remained stable, yet very high, compared to rates reported in high income countries.