OBJECTIVE: To determine respiratory gas relationships between the uterine veins and umbilical vein in normal and pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation. STUDY DESIGN: Respiratory gases were measured in both uterine veins and the umbilical vein in eight normal and 13 pregnancies with intrauterine growth retardation. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in the placental versus nonplacental uterine veins. There was a significant correlation for umbilical and uterine venous values of Po2 (p < 0.002) and Pco2 (p < 0.004) in appropriate-for-gestational-age pregnancies, umbilical venous Po2 was always less than uterine venous Po2, and Pco2 always greater than uterine. The transplacental gradient was significantly higher in intrauterine growth retarded than appropriate-for-gestational-age pregnancies for both Po2 and Pco2. There was a lower uterine oxygen extraction in intrauterine growth retarded pregnancies (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: There is no consistent relationship between placental venous drainage in each uterine vein and placental location. The human placenta simulates a relatively inefficient venous equilibrator and the larger transplacental gradients in intrauterine growth retarded pregnancies may reflect differences in both perfusion pattern and placental structure.

Venous drainage of the human uterus: Respiratory gas studies in normal and fetal growth-retarded pregnancies / G. Pardi, I. Cetin, A.M. Marconi, P. Bozzetti, M. Buscaglia, E.L. Makowski, F.C. Battaglia. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. - ISSN 0002-9378. - 166:2(1992), pp. 699-706. [10.1016/0002-9378(92)91700-K]

Venous drainage of the human uterus: Respiratory gas studies in normal and fetal growth-retarded pregnancies

G. Pardi;I. Cetin;A.M. Marconi;P. Bozzetti;
1992

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OBJECTIVE: To determine respiratory gas relationships between the uterine veins and umbilical vein in normal and pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation. STUDY DESIGN: Respiratory gases were measured in both uterine veins and the umbilical vein in eight normal and 13 pregnancies with intrauterine growth retardation. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in the placental versus nonplacental uterine veins. There was a significant correlation for umbilical and uterine venous values of Po2 (p < 0.002) and Pco2 (p < 0.004) in appropriate-for-gestational-age pregnancies, umbilical venous Po2 was always less than uterine venous Po2, and Pco2 always greater than uterine. The transplacental gradient was significantly higher in intrauterine growth retarded than appropriate-for-gestational-age pregnancies for both Po2 and Pco2. There was a lower uterine oxygen extraction in intrauterine growth retarded pregnancies (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: There is no consistent relationship between placental venous drainage in each uterine vein and placental location. The human placenta simulates a relatively inefficient venous equilibrator and the larger transplacental gradients in intrauterine growth retarded pregnancies may reflect differences in both perfusion pattern and placental structure.
respiratory gases; uterine venous drainage; pregnant uterus; transplacental gradient; intrauterine growth retardation
Settore MED/40 - Ginecologia e Ostetricia
1992
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