Schröder H J, Power G G
Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Abteilung für Experimentelle Medizin, Hamburg, Germany.
Pflugers Arch. 1994 May;427(1-2):190-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00585962.
The effect of reduced umbilical blood flow rate on fetal core temperature was investigated in five chronically instrumented fetal sheep (gestational age 124 days). On average, fetal-maternal temperature difference increased 0.13 +/- 0.02 degrees C when blood flow rate was decreased to about 1/3 of normal (248 +/- 69 ml min-1) for 30 min. The small temperature rise is the consequence of predominant heat dissipation through the placenta, and of diminished oxygen consumption.
