Preexisting hypoxia is associated with a delayed but more sustained rise in T/QRS ratio during prolonged umbilical cord occlusion in near-term fetal sheep

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wibbens, Bert ^a,b   Bennet, Laura ^a   Westgate, Jenny A ^a   De Haan, Harmen H ^c   Wassink, Guido ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Fetal electrocardiogram monitoring; ST segment

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN T;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLOOD GAS; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SHEEP; ST SEGMENT; UMBILICAL CORD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYPERTENSION; LACTIC ACID; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP; TROPONIN T; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34548447504     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00373.2007     Document Type: Article

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