Abstract

BACKGROUND In response to hypoxia, the fetus redistributes blood flow from the periphery to the brain by increasing blood pressure and perhaps decreasing cerebral vascular resistance. This response, which serves to maintain oxygen delivery to the fetal brain, has not been well studied shortly after birth, when a catecholamine surge …

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