The lung profile. I. Normal pregnancy.
The lung profile run by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography is described, including the L/S ratio and the percentages of disaturated acetone precipitated lecithin, PI, and PG. Results show that the accuracy of this profile increases that of the mature L/S ratio value even further, while decreasing the missed predictions with low L/S ratios to only about 7%.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis*; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000032:analysis; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011817:Rabbits; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000032:analysis*
D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D013109:Sphingomyelins