Umbilical cord blood and neonatal endothelin-1 levels in preterm newborns with and without respiratory distress syndrome

Umbilical cord blood and neonatal endothelin-1 levels in preterm newborns with and without respiratory distress syndrome

Increased pulmonary vascular resistance in preterm newborn infants with respiratory distress syndrome is suggested, and endothelin-1 plays an important role in pulmonary vascular reactivity in newborns. We determined umbilical cord blood and neonatal (second sample) levels of endothelin-1 in 18 pret...

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Main Authors: A.C.W. Benjamin, R.C. Silveira, R.S. Procianoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2005-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Endothelin-1
Respiratory distress syndrome
Prematurity
Hyaline membrane disease
Pulmonary hypertension
SNAPPE II
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