Prostaglandin inhibition prevents the fall in pulmonary vascular resistance as a result of rhythmic distension of the lungs in fetal lambs

Pediatric Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 62-68

  Velvis, Harm ^a,b   Moore, Phillip ^a   Heymann, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECLOFENAMIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; LAMB; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; LUNG; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN ANTAGONISTS; PROSTAGLANDINS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SHEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0025813311     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199107000-00013     Document Type: Article

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