Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation Volume Ratio in Fetuses With Congenital Cystic Lung Diseases to Predict Surgery Within 7 Days of Birth
Fumi Yanagisawa, Yuki Kamihara, Tomoyuki Shimokaze, Michi Kasai, Kyoko Mochizuki, Shigeru Aoki, Etsuko Miyagi, Hiromi Nagase, Hiroshi Ishikawa · 2026
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Description
Fumi Yanagisawa and co-authors searched in 2026 seventy cases of cystic lung disease in unborn babies for a measure that warns which newborns will need surgery in their first week. The measure, a volume ratio for the lung malformation, is tracked through pregnancy. Nine of the babies did need that early surgery.
Those nine had higher peak ratios, higher final ratios before birth, and more excess fluid around them. A peak ratio above about 1.86 and a final ratio above 0.9 each flagged the early-surgery group with fair accuracy. Both thresholds held up on standard accuracy curves. The authors offer the two numbers as planning aids for delivery teams. A high reading can put surgeons on standby before the baby arrives.
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| CREATOR | Fumi Yanagisawa, Yuki Kamihara, Tomoyuki Shimokaze, Michi Kasai, Kyoko Mochizuki, Shigeru Aoki, Etsuko Miyagi, Hiromi Nagase, Hiroshi Ishikawa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |