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During the process of birth, drastic changes occur in the environment of the foetus as its oxygen supply changes from one delivered by extracorporeal circulation through the umbilical cord to oxygen supply (and carbon dioxide removal) via its own lungs. These changes are accompanied by well-documented alterations in pulmonary haemodynamics (Nelson, 1976). Little is known about the mediating factors which induce these changes and the aim of this study was to gain more insight into some of the factors involved in this physiological process.
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de Stoppelaar, E.I., Leicher, F.G., Rees, G.J., Erdmann, W., Faithfull, N.S., van der Zee, H. (1985). Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in the Newborn Pig — An Experimental Model. In: Kreuzer, F., Cain, S.M., Turek, Z., Goldstick, T.K. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue VII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 191. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3291-6_64
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