Fetal acidosis and hypotension during repeated umbilical cord occlusions are associated with enhanced chemoreflex responses in near-term fetal sheep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1477-1482

  Bennet, Laura ^a   Westgate, Jenny A ^a   Liu, Yung Chi ^a   Wassink, Guido ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Variable decelerations

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDEMIA; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; DECELERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LABOR; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRESS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMORECEPTORS; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYPOTENSION; LIGATION; REFLEX; SHEEP; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 29544450217     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00431.2005     Document Type: Article

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