Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Medicine

Guy Aristide Bang

Publications

• Case Report
  Successful Management of a Delayed Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in a 24 Days Baby Boy with Severe Respiratory and Hemodynamic Distress
  Author(s): Patrick Eric Savom, Guy Aristide Bang, Angele Pondy, Daniel Handy Eone, Da Silveira Bayiha and Bernadette Ngo NongaPatrick Eric Savom, Guy Aristide Bang, Angele Pondy, Daniel Handy Eone, Da Silveira Bayiha and Bernadette Ngo Nonga
  
  Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is characterized by the absence of all or part of a diaphragmatic dome. It represents 8% of all congenital malformations, with an incidence of 1 in 2500 births in the United States. While many cases are discovered prenatally or during the immediate postnatal period, 5 to 25% of CDH can be late diagnosed. It is associated with varying degrees of pulmonary and pulmonary arterial hypertension leading to a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. CDH has been rarely reported in Africa and never in Cameroon where there is a profound lack of appropriate infrastructures to help manage these children. We are reporting the case of 24 days newborn presenting with severe respiratory distress and hemodynamic compromise diagnosed with a left diaphragmatic hernia with subsequent emergent surgical repair. .. Read More»
  

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