The nurse is attending the delivery of a full-term neonate whose mother received poor prenatal care. The neonate has cyanosis, increased work of breathing, a barrel chest, and a scaphoid abdomen. The nurse auscultates the patient’s lung fields and notes bowel sounds over the left side of the chest. The nurse suspects which condition in this neonate?
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