Effect of fetal hypercapnia on maternal and fetal cardiovascular and respiratory function.
After direct infusion of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor to the fetus the fetal PCO2 increased to 70-80 mm Hg. Under the conditions of our sheep preparation no changes were seen in uterine or umbilical blood flows.
D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply; D011247:Pregnancy; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012756:Sheep; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen