Selective elevation of circulating prostaglandin concentrations in hyaline membrane disease in pre-term infants

Renal prostaglandins: Relationship to th

Renal prostaglandins: Relationship to the development of blood pressure and concentrating capacity in pre-term and full term healthy infants

✍ R. Joppich; B. Scherer; P. C. Weber 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 359 KB

The relationships between urinary prostaglandins (PGs)E2 and F2 alpha and the postnatal development of blood pressure and renal concentrating capacity were investigated in 14 pre-term and 32 full term healthy infants. Mean PGE2 and PGF2 alpha excretion was 18.9 and 10.1 ng/h/1.73 m2, respectively, i