Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) of severe fetal hydrothorax
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- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 86 (1) , 58F-60
- https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.86.1.f58
Abstract
Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) of a fetus with severe bilateral hydrothorax is described. EXIT allows therapeutic interventions on the neonate while maintaining fetoplacental circulation. Thus it may be useful for fetuses presenting with severe pleural effusion towards the end of gestation and in whom in utero drainage is technically not possible or available and drainage post partum would result in profound and prolonged hypoxia until sufficient drainage of pleural fluid allowed lung expansion.Keywords
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