title: Effective pulmonary capillary blood flow in infants with birth asphyxia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001724:Birth Weight; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002196:Capillaries; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008833:Microcirculation; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology