Effects of infusions of ACTH in the chronically catheterized pregnant ewe and her fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Lumbers, Eugenie R ^a   Bernasconi, C ^a   Burrell, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Blood pressure; Cortisol; Fetal; Glucose; Lactate

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; IOTALAMATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MINERALOCORTICOID; POTASSIUM ION; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACOSACTIDE; POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HEART OUTPUT; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; URINE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HEMATOCRIT; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTIC ACID; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 0031912331     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.2.r445     Document Type: Article

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