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ELEVATION OF MATERNAL SERUM MYOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS DURING DELIVERY
Author(s) -
Kosowicz J.,
Gryczyńska M.,
Drews K.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01219.x
Subject(s) - myoglobin , umbilical cord , medicine , radioimmunoassay , pregnancy , cord blood , serum concentration , obstetrics , endocrinology , chemistry , immunology , biochemistry , biology , genetics
Summary Serum myoglobin was determined by radioimmunoassay in 32 women immediately after delivery, in the umbilical cord blood of 30 newborn infants, in 18 women in the third trimester of pregnancy and in 24 healthy non‐pregnant women. In maternal blood following delivery there was a 3 to 10 fold rise in serum myoglobin concentration (mean ± SD = 117·2 ± 82·5 ng/ml). On the other hand, in umbilical cord blood and in late pregnancy, serum myoglobin concentrations did not differ from those in healthy non‐pregnant women (mean ± SD = 23·6±12·6 ng/ml).