Effect of maternal heme degradation on fetal carboxyhemoglobin concentration in pregnancy-induced hypertension
Article Abstract:
Hemoglobin, found in the red blood cells, carries oxygen in the blood. When red cells are destroyed, they have a tendency to bind to carbon monoxide (carboxyhemoglobin) and thus decrease the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. Women with high blood pressure induced by pregnancy have higher levels of carboxyhemoglobin. Ten women were studied to analyze this condition and included 10 women in a control group. Results indicate that the fetuses of women with high blood pressure had higher levels of carboxyhemoglobin then normal pregnant women, while levels of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin were lower. The carboxyhemoglobin level was significantly higher in the fetus than in the mother in both groups. Decreased oxygen carrying capacity means less oxygen reaching the fetus, and this may result in poor fetal health or survivability.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1989
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The clinical significance of intermittent sinusoidal fetal heart rate
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An intermittent sinusoidal fetal heart rate may be a sign of impending illness in the fetus. Intermittent sinusoidal fetal heart rate is an abnormal heart rate that comes and goes. Researchers reviewed 12 cases of intermittent sinusoidal fetal heart rate and found that in 8 fetuses, the abnormal heart rate became permanent. Ten of the infants were born with severe anemia and two had meconium aspiration.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1999
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TheTulipan-Bruner trocar for uterine entry during fetal surgery
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The Tulipan-Bruner trocar may be safer and faster than electrocautery for creating a small hole in the uterus of a pregnant woman so surgeons can operate on the baby. This was the conclusion of a study of 10 pregnant women who had prenatal surgery for neural tube defects.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1999
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