The fetal circulation

The fetal circulation.

Accumulating data on the human fetal circulation shows the similarity to the experimental animal physiology, but with important differences. The human fetus seems to circulate less blood through the placenta, shunt less through the ductus venosus and foramen ovale, but direct more blood through the lungs than the fetal sheep. However, there are substantial individual variations and the pattern ...

The fetal circulation

different from the adult circulation. In the fetus, gas exchange does not occur in the lungs but in the placenta. The placenta must therefore receive deoxygenated blood from the fetal systemic organs and return its oxygen rich venous drainage to the fetal systemic arterial circulation. In addition, the fetal cardiovascular system is designed in such a way that the most highly oxygenated blood i...

P-247: To Evaluate The Oxytocin Effect on Maternal-Fetal Circulation during Termination of Pregnancy

Background: To evaluate the effect of oxytocin on blood circulation of fetus and uterus by Doppler ultrasound. Materials and Methods: Forty six pregnant women were assigned to receive for indication of delivery intravenous oxytocin. Doppler velocitometry before and after administration of oxytocin for umbilical,middle cerebral artery and uterine artery were performed, and Pulsatility index (PI)...

Persistence of fetal circulation in the newborn.

Physiology of the fetal and transitional circulation.

The fetal circulation is an entirely transient event, not replicated at any point in later life, and functionally distinct from the pediatric and adult circulations. Understanding of the physiology of the fetal circulation is vital for accurate interpretation of hemodynamic assessments in utero, but also for management of circulatory compromise in premature infants, who begin extrauterine life ...