by George Malcolm Morley, MB ChB FACOG
Figure A (Fig1) - Heart rate and blood pressure changes (above) and gasp pattern (below) associated with 25 minutes of total asphyxia in Term Fetus 1735. Fifteen minutes of resuscitation are also represented.
The gasp pattern is identifiable in the cardiotachometer and blood pressure recordings as well as in the bar graph. Efforts at cardiac massage during the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh minutes also appear. Epinephrine, 0.1 mg was injected intra-arterially at the beginning of resuscitation during the twenty-sixth minute. Gasping reappeared during the fifth minute of resuscitation.
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