© 2002 Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition
SHORT REPORT
Endothelin 1 concentrations in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid
1 Hacettepe University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
2 Social Security Hospital, Ankara
3 Hacettepe University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Haematology
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr S Yigit, Ziraat Mühendisleri Sitesi 3/21 Çankaya 06550, Ankara, Turkey;
Suleyigit{at}turk.net
Plasma endothelin 1 concentrations were determined in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid. Plasma endothelin 1 concentration in the study group (5.23 pg/ml) was statistically higher than that in the control group (1.12 pg/ml). Cord blood pH and base excess values were significantly lower in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid when compared with the control group. There was no correlation between endothelin 1 concentrations and pH or base excess values. Results suggest that meconium passage is not a physiological event, even if meconium stained infants appear to be clinically healthy.
Keywords: meconium stained amniotic fluid; endothelin-1, meconium aspiration syndrome; newborn
Abbreviations: MAS, meconium aspiration syndrome; MSAF, meconium stained amniotic fluid
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in ADC Online
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
