Fetal stress. Focus on “Effects of acute acidemia on the fetal cardiovascular defense to acute hypoxemia” by Thakor and Giussani

Abstract

what constitutes fetal stress, and what are the implications of fetal stress in the course of fetal development? Thakor and Giussani ([17][1]) address a fundamental component of the fetal stress response: acidemia and it role as a modulator of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis