Effects of vaginal birth versus caesarean section birth with general anesthesia on blood gases and brain energy metabolism in neonatal rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-150

  Vaillancourt, Cathy ^a   Berger, Neil ^a   Boksa, Patricia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Cerebral energy metabolism; Hypoxia; Isoflurane anesthesia; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LACTIC ACID; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032728374     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7201     Document Type: Article

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