Circulatory responses to asphyxia differ if the asphyxia occurs in utero or ex utero in near-term lambs.

A cornerstone of neonatal resuscitation teaching suggests that a rapid vagal-mediated bradycardia is one of the first signs of perinatal compromise. As this understanding is based primarily on fetal studies, we investigated whether the heart rate and blood pressure response to total asphyxia is infl...

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Main Authors: Kristina S Sobotka, Colin Morley, Tracey Ong, Graeme R Polglase, James D S Aridas, Suzanne L Miller, Georg M Schmölzer, Claus Klingenberg, Timothy J M Moss, Graham Jenkin, Stuart B Hooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4230987?pdf=render