Higher risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn after cesarean.
Authors suggest that high incidence of persistence pulmonary hypertension among neonates delivered by elective cesarean is related to lower levels of circulating norepinephrine in neonates after cesarean section than after vaginal delivery.
Jaillard
Sophie
S
Houfflin-Debarge
Véronique
V
Storme
Laurent
L
D002585:Cesarean Section; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012307:Risk Factors