Mode of delivery is associated with maternal and fetal endocrine stress response

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-445

  Vogl, S E ^a   Worda, C ^a   Egarter, C ^a   Bieglmayer, C ^a   Szekeres, T ^a   Huber, J ^a   Husslein, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Human; Mode of delivery; Newborn; Stress associated hormones

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LABOR; MALE; MOTHER; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NULLIPARA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS;

EID: 33645223139     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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