Effects of prostaglandin E2 on renal function and lung liquid dynamics in foetal sheep

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 805-812

  Wlodek, M E ^a,b   Hooper, S B ^a   Thorburn, G D ^a   Tester, M L ^a   Harding, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Foetal breathing movements; Foetus; Lung liquid production; Urinary electrolyte clearance

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; WATER;

ACIDEMIA; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS BREATHING; FETUS HYPOXIA; FLUID BALANCE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; URINE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; DRUG EFFECT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DINOPROSTONE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY; LUNG; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SHEEP;

EID: 0031596004     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02157.x     Document Type: Article

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