Ovine amniotic fluid volume response to intra-amniotic balloon filling.
Ovine amniotic fluid volume response to intra-amniotic balloon filling.
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绵羊羊水量对羊膜内球囊充盈的反应。
DOI:
10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.015
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Anderson,DF
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作者:
Faber,JJ;Brace,RA;Davis,LE;Anderson,DF
Although ovine placentation is markedly different from human, the ovine model has been extensively used to study the regulation of amniotic fluid volume because the majority of the experiments has been performed in the chronically catheterized fetal sheep. However, there are considerable similarities between the human fetus and the sheep fetus with regard to amniotic fluid volumes, fetal urination and fetal swallowing. In both species, there is a continual turnover of amniotic fluid throughout gestation. In sheep, urine and lung fluids enter the amniotic fluid while fluid is removed through swallowing and intramembranous absorption across the amniochorion [1, 2]. Because the amniotic fluid volume remains constant at about 0.5–1.0 l in spite of a turnover of about 1 l per day, the volume must be regulated. Regulation of the amniotic fluid may be mediated by a mechanical sensor (such as stretch of the uterus or membranes) or a chemical sensor (such as an alteration in the concentration of an effector substance in amniotic fluid). Described below are results from our experiments examining the response of amniotic fluid volume to changes in total intrauterine volume induced by filling of an intra-amniotic balloon.The protocol received approval of the OHSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Surgeries were performed on 6 pregnant sheep (5 singletons and 1 twin, only one of which was instrumented) at 120 days of gestation. The details of these preparations have been previously described [3, 4]. Briefly, catheters were placed in the femoral artery and vein of each fetus. The urachus was ligated at the neck of the bladder to prevent urine from entering the allantoic space. Three catheters for draining amniotic fluid and two catheters for measuring the amniotic fluid pressure were attached to the fetal body. Finally, one or two