PMID: 1200158Nov 1, 1975Paper

Hematocrit of the fetal rabbit placenta

The American Journal of Physiology
S L Newcomb, G G Power

Abstract

51Cr-labeled erythrocytes and [125I]RISA were used simultaneously to measure the fetal rabbit whole-body and placental hematocrits (Hct) and to find the ratio of placental transit times of erythrocytes and plasma. The levels were injected into the heart of 21 fetal rabbits of 26--28 days gestation, and about 60 s mixing time, the placenta and a fetal blood sample were assayed with a gamma well-type scintillation counter. Erythrocyte and plasma activity per milliliter were determined from a standard dilution of the isotopes. Large-vessel Hct was measured as the corrected packed erythrocyte percentage in capillary tubes. Large-vessel Hct was 37.3 (+/- 3.7 SD) %, whole-body Hct was 31.3 (+/- 3.5) %, and the placental Hct was 25.3 (+/- 4.0) %. The placental/large-vessel Hct ratio was 0.676. The ratio may be estimated as 0.765 when corrected for the loss of albumin in time. The transit time of erythrocytes in the placenta was calculated to be 0.682 of that for plasma. The shorter erythrocyte transit time implies that there is less time for O2 and CO2 exchange than previously thought.

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