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EFFECTIVE PULMONARY CAPILLARY BLOOD FLOW IN INFANTS WITH BIRTH ASPHYXIA
Author(s) -
HUTCHISON ALASTAIR A.,
RUSSELL GEORGE
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04951.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , respiratory distress , asphyxia neonatorum , anesthesia , etiology , blood flow , respiratory system , perfusion , pediatrics
. Effective pulmonary capillary blood flow was measured on the first day of life in twenty term infants with birth asphyxia and twenty‐five normal term infants. The infants studied showed no clinical or laboratory evidence of respiratory distress. The mean effective pulmonary capillary blood flow of 121 ml/kg/min in the birth asphyxia group was significantly lower than the mean of 162 ml/kg/min in the normal group. The possible relationship of birth asphyxia and pulmonary hypoperfusion in the aetiology of the idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome is discussed.