HOW DOES THE FETUS COPE WITH THERMAL CHALLENGES

Authors
LABURN HP
Citation
Hp. Laburn, HOW DOES THE FETUS COPE WITH THERMAL CHALLENGES, News in physiological sciences, 11, 1996, pp. 96-100
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
News in physiological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
08861714
Volume
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
96 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1714(1996)11:<96:HDTFCW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The fetus produces much metabolic heat and loses if mainly via the pla cental circulation, across a fetomaternal temperature gradient of simi lar to 0.5 degrees C. During maternal hyperthermia, the risk of noxiou s fetal hyperthermia is less than expected. The thermal protection app ears to result from the fefus's own thermal inertia and consequences o f maternal thermoregulatory strategies.