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- Slide 1: Made possible by | Cincinnati Children's changing the outcome together | DID YOU KNOW | that there are multiple ways imaging can predict outcomes in babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)? | Swipe right
- Slide 2: Cincinnati Children's | SO WHAT'S NEW? | Most CDH imaging has happened before birth. Cincinnati Children's is studying what happens to the lungs after. | A unique tool: | An MRI scanner inside their NICU. They imaged 13 CDH babies before and after repair using ultra-short echo time MRI — giving them lung volume, density, and mass postnatally. | The question: do the lungs actually grow? | Swipe right
- Slide 3: WHAT THEY FOUND: | The lungs do grow — but asymmetrically. | HEALTHY LUNG + grows on schedule | CDH-SIDE LUNG -2 mL/wk slower growth | Nutrition is the unlock | Babies with better weight gain showed greater catch-up growth of the hypoplastic lung — in both volume and mass. | Maximizing calories | Paul Kingma, MD, PhD | Director, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Center, Cincinnati Children's | Swipe right
- Slide 4: Cincinnati Children's changing the outcome together | 🔍 AND THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR? | Pulmonary vascular density | ↓ Lower density → longer ventilator time | ↑ Higher density → discharged on room air | Measured with 2D time-of-flight MRI — even tiny vessels (0.7mm) are visible. | Most CDH imaging has happened before birth. Cincinnati Children's is studying what happens to the lungs after. | GC
Imaging to Predict Outcomes in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Topic overview
Educational carousel exploring how prenatal imaging modalities predict postnatal outcomes in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) patients. Reviews imaging parameters that guide fetal intervention decisions and prognostic counseling for families facing this complex congenital anomaly.
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