THE ROLE OF THE FETUS IN THE WATER EXCHANGE OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID OF NORMAL AND HYDRAMNIOTIC PATIENTS
THE ROLE OF THE FETUS IN THE WATER EXCHANGE OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID OF NORMAL AND HYDRAMNIOTIC PATIENTS
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胎儿在正常和潮水患者羊水水交换中的作用
DOI:
10.1172/jci103880
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发表时间:
1959
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
J. Lind
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文献类型:
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作者:
D. L. Hutchinson;M. Gray;A. A. Plentl;Hermogenes Alvares;R. Caldeyro;B. Kaplan;J. Lind
In a preceding report on exchange mechanisms in pregnant monkeys (1), evidence has been presented that the water exchange between the maternal organism and the products of gestation can be represented by a kinetic model composed of three major compartments, all of which exchange with each other. The three compartments are defined as: 1) the amniotic fluid, 2) the maternal, and 3) the fetal body water. It could be shown that the introduction of a hydrogen tracer into fetus or amniotic fluid results in retention curves of predictable shape and that transfer rates for water can be calculated with reasonable accuracy when the amniotic fluid was used as the primary compartment. It should therefore be possible to devise methods whereby the transfer rates for the human could be calculated and to study the role which the fetus plays in the exchange of water between the amniotic fluid and the mother. For the calculation of transfer rates it is necessary to know the change in concentration of tracer as a function of time for each compartment. Continuous measurements on pregnant women are limited to the two accessible compartments: mother and amniotic fluid. In addition, a single sample of fetal or cord blood can be obtained at the time of delivery. Under these conditions there are two possible ways in which a time-activity curve for the fetal compartment can be calculated from available data. The first is based upon the