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Fetal breathing movements and maternal hyperoxia in the growth retarded fetus
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08610.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 90, Issue 3, pages 210–213, March 1983
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DORNAN, J. C. and RITCHIE, J. W. K. (1983), Fetal breathing movements and maternal hyperoxia in the growth retarded fetus. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 210–213. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08610.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received I June 1982 A ccepted 10 September 1982
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Summary. The effect on fetal breathing movements (FBM) of maternal breathing of 50% oxygen was examined. The procedure caused a two-fold rise in maternal arterial Po2 and did not alter FBM in normal pregnancy. In pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) a substantial increase in the incidence of FBM was recorded during hyperoxia (control 29.8.3.9%, hyperoxia 68.2+3.6). No such change was observed in pregnancies where IUGR was suspected but not proven at delivery.