Effects of delivery by caesarean section on lung mechanics and lung volume in the human neonate.
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- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (7) , 545-548
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.7.545
Abstract
Lung function tests were carried out in the first 6 hours of life on 26 babies born by vaginal delivery and 10 born by caesarean section. The babies born by caesarean section had a mean thoracic gas volume of only 19.7 ml/kg body weight compared with 32.7 ml/kg for the babies born vaginally. We conclude that this is owing to an excess of lung fluid in the babies born by caesarean section.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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