Survival Predictors In Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Multivariate Analysis Of a 10-Year Experience

Ann Med Res. 1997; 4(2): 225-229

M. Harun Gürsoy¹, MD, Stephen B. Shew², BA, Ronna G. Miller², MD, E. O’Brian Smith³, PhD, Michael R. Gomez⁴, MD, Tom Jaksic², MD, PhD
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish a method by which independent predictors of survival could be determined and used to select CDHpatients who may benefit from rescue therapy. Data from our 10-year, single institutional experience of 62 infants with CDH were analyzed. Fifteen preoperative and seven intraoperative variables were analyzed. Stepwise logistic regression analysis yielded a prediction equation with four independent, statistically significant (P