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Table 4 Pulmonary and systemic arterial pressures in fetuses before during (at selected time points) and after in utero ventilation (IUV).

From: Pulmonary hemodynamic responses to in utero ventilation in very immature fetal sheep

 

RESPONDERS

  

NON RESPONDERS

 

PRE-IUV

20 min

2 hrs

11 hrs

POST-IUV

  

PRE-IUV

20 min

2 hrs

11 hrs

POST-IUV

Pulmonary Arterial

Pressure (mmHg)

37.9 ± 1.8

36.8 ± 2.0

38.0 ± 2.5

36.8 ± 3.0

40.0 ± 1.0

  

38.7 ± 3.5

31.1 ± 11.1

39.7 ± 2.0

40.0 ± 0.0

32.5 ± 6.7

Systemic Arterial

Pressure (mmHg)

37.4 ± 3.2

38.0 ± 4.3

39.5 ± 4.4

41.9 ± 3.0

43.0 ± 2.1

  

37.7 ± 3.9

36.2 ± 5.0

38.4 ± 3.0

36.5 ± 3.4

36.7 ± 2.8