113. A newborn who has severe respiratory distress cannot be adequately ventilated and dies. Autopsy shows a large left-sided diaphragmatic hernia containing much of the small and large intestines, the left lobe of the liver, and the stomach. Which of the following is the most likely cause of death? 000000D A) Acute atelectasis of the lungs B) Bilateral pulmonary agenesis C) Constriction of the great vessels D) Laryngeal atresia E) Severe laryngeal stenosis F) Severe pulmonary hypoplasia G) Tracheoesophageal fistula

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113. A newborn who has severe respiratory distress cannot be adequately ventilated and dies. Autopsy shows a large left-sided diaphragmatic hernia containing much of the
small and large intestines, the left lobe of the liver, and the stomach. Which of the following is the most likely cause of death?
000000D
A) Acute atelectasis of the lungs
B) Bilateral pulmonary agenesis
C) Constriction of the great vessels
D) Laryngeal atresia
E) Severe laryngeal stenosis
F) Severe pulmonary hypoplasia
G) Tracheoesophageal fistula
Transcribed Image Text:113. A newborn who has severe respiratory distress cannot be adequately ventilated and dies. Autopsy shows a large left-sided diaphragmatic hernia containing much of the small and large intestines, the left lobe of the liver, and the stomach. Which of the following is the most likely cause of death? 000000D A) Acute atelectasis of the lungs B) Bilateral pulmonary agenesis C) Constriction of the great vessels D) Laryngeal atresia E) Severe laryngeal stenosis F) Severe pulmonary hypoplasia G) Tracheoesophageal fistula
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Congenital diahragmatic hernia is a condition in which the diapragm of the neonate is having a hole through which the intestine and other parts occupy the chest causing the constriction of lungs. Common cause of death in neonates with cingenital diapragnatic hernia is respiratory insufficiency and pulmonary hypertension.

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