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Publication Date:
May 2005
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1619-3997
DOI:
10.1515/JPM.2005.048

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Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Official Journal of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine

Editor-in-Chief: Dudenhausen, Joachim W.

Editorial Board Member: / Bancalari, Eduardo / Greenough, Anne / Genc, Mehmet R. / Chervenak, Frank A. / Aslam, Muhammad / Bergmann, Renate L. / Bernardes, J.F. / Bevilacqua, G. / Blickstein, Isaac / Brezinka, Christoph / Cabero Roura, Luis / Carbonell-Estrany, Xavier / Carrera, Jose M. / D`Addario, Vincenzo / Dimitrou, G. / Foulon, Walter / Grunebaum, G. E. / Harding, Jane / Hentschel, Roland / Kawabata, Ichiro / Keirse, M.J.M.C. / Kurjak M.D., Asim / Levene, Malcolm / Lockwood, Charles J. / Marsal, Karel / Nishida, Hiroshi / Papp, Zoltán / Makatsariya, Alexander / Pejaver, Ranjan Kumar / Pooh, Ritsuko K. / Saugstad, Ola D. / Schenker, Joseph G. / Sen, Cihat / Geijn, Herman P. / Vetter, Klaus / Young, Bruce K. / Zimmermann, Roland / Köpcke, W.

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Endothelin-1 concentrations in cord blood of neonates with meconium-stained amniotic fluid

Marina Gemelli1 / Rosa Manganaro2 / Carmelo Mamì3 / Michele Buemi4 / Antonina Paolata5 / Teresa Marrone6 / Lucia Marseglia7

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Corresponding author: Marina Gemelli, MD, Department of Pediatric Sciences, University of Messina, Via Gazzi-Policlinico Universitario, 98100 Messina/Italy. Tel.: +39-090-2212149; Fax: +39-090-2212150; E-mail:

Citation Information: Journal of Perinatal Medicine. Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 259–261, ISSN (Online) 1619-3997, ISSN (Print) 0300-5577, DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.048, May 2005

Publication History:
Received:
January 21, 2005
Accepted:
January 24, 2005

Abstract

Background: The effects of meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) on cord blood endothelin-1 (ET-1) concentrations have not been explored.

Objective: The aim of this study was to verify whether MSAF influences ET-1 cord blood concentrations in healthy term neonates.

Methods: Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, plasma ET-1 concentrations were determined in 30 healthy term neonates with MSAF, and in 15 healthy term neonates without MSAF. The two groups were of the same gestational age, weight, Apgar score, cord blood pH, base excess, and hematocrit values, as well as systolic and diastolic blood pressures.

Results: ET-1 plasma concentrations were not significantly different between the two groups and did not correlate with cord blood pH or base excess values.

Conclusion: Our data demonstrate that meconium passage does not induce ET-1 secretion.

Keywords: endothelin-1; meconium-stained amniotic fluid; neonate.

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