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The following variables were identified: need for swallow study, stomach location, defect type, need for anti-reflux therapy, need for nasogastric tube (NG) or gastric tube (GT) at time of discharge, poor growth, and frequency of respiratory infections during the first 12 months of life. Results: Thirty-one percent of patients (n = 14) underwent a swallow study, 20% (n = 9) required long-term anti-reflux medications, 18% (n = 8) had a GT and 59% (n = 26) had an NG in place at time of discharge, 44% (n = 17) experienced poor growth as an outpatient, and 35% (n = 16) had respiratory infections in the first 12 months of life requiring hospitalization. Infants with a Type D defect commonly required GT at discharge (40%), experienced respiratory infections in the first 12 months (67%), and had poor growth as an outpatient (67%). Conclusions: Our findings underscore the need for routine dysphagia screening in CDH infants during NICU admission. Differences in outcomes based on defect type suggest that early identification and targeted interventions for feeding and swallowing issues may improve long-term growth and respiratory outcomes for CDH patients. Further studies are warranted to develop standardized dysphagia management guidelines for this population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pediatric17010003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,3]],"date-time":"2025-01-03T05:02:02Z","timestamp":1735880522000},"page":"3","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Exploring Dysphagia in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Retrospective Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-7655-6574","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jamie","family":"Gilley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elise","family":"Whalen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pulmonology and Advanced Practice Providers, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Audrey","family":"Latimore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Speech, Language, and Learning, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Viviane","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Speech, Language, and Learning, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Hagan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8661-5011","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alice","family":"King","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"622S","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.115.110106","article-title":"Dysphagia in the high-risk infant: Potential factors and mechanisms","volume":"103","author":"Jadcherla","year":"2016","journal-title":"Am. 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