-1 . Glycogen contents of skeletal muscle, heart and brain cortex of fetal, month-old and adult Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli, were determined. 2. Fetal, month-old and adult male levels ranged from 4"5 to 12-7, 9"1-13 and 1"5-1"8 mg glucose/g wet weight for muscle, heart and brain respectively. Pregnant female skeletal muscle levels were similar but heart and brain levels were 21.8 and 2...

BACKGROUND In modern obstetrics, fetal macrosomia is a major contributor to obstetric morbidity. It is an important cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. AIM This study aims to determine the maternal characteristics, fetal and neonatal complications associated with fetal macrosomia, and its contribution to obstetric morbidity in Enugu, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a 3-year ...

Pulse oximetry has become a standard of care in anesthetic, pediatric and neonatal practice (l,2). It measures the per cent saturation of hemoglobin based upon the Beer Lambart's spectrophotometric principle of differential absorption of red and infrared light waves (660 nm and 940 nm, respectively) by the oxyhemoglobin and reduced hemoglobin(3). Pulse oximetry has been recently adopted for con...

PART I WITH improvements in maternal obstetric management, it is possible to turn increasingly to the care of the child, especially throughout labour and in the immediate postnatal period, when the child is at greatest risk. Though the signs considered to indicate foetal distress have been recognized for many years, it is, however, also necessary to assess the urgency and the severity of the th...

Booth LC, Drury PP, Muir C, Jensen EC, Gunn AJ, Bennet L. Acute on chronic exposure to endotoxin is associated with enhanced chemoreflex responses in preterm fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 304: R799–R803, 2013. First published March 13, 2013; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00005.2013.—There is increasing evidence that exposure to infection can sensitize the fetus to subsequent hypoxic...

BACKGROUND The incidence of perinatal morbidity arising from birth hypoxia or asphyxia has not changed significantly in recent years despite marked improvements in labor management. Perinatal mortality in these circumstances may therefore reflect antenatal compromise and subsequent alteration of the fetal capacity to respond to episodes of hypoxia that may occur during labor. Hence, we have inv...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test a new classification system for stillbirths to help improve understanding of the main causes and conditions associated with fetal death. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING West Midlands region. SUBJECTS 2625 stillbirths from 1997 to 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Categories of death according to conventional classification methods and a newly develo...