The effect of prenatal exposure to carbon monoxide on breathing and growth of the newborn guinea pig

Pediatric Research
H McGregorD Walker

Abstract

In utero hypoxia may affect the development of the brain and result in altered respiratory responses postnatally. Using a barometric plethysmograph, we examined the effects of exposing pregnant guinea pigs to 200 ppm carbon monoxide (CO) for 10 h/d from d 23-25 of gestation until term (approximately 68 d) on the ventilatory responses of their 4-5-d-old neonates at rest, and during progressive asphyxia and steady state hypercapnia. Exposure to this concentration of CO produced significantly higher levels of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in maternal (8.53 +/- 0.6% versus 0.25 +/- 0.1%) and fetal blood (13.0 +/- 0.4% versus 1.6 +/- 0.1%) from CO-treated animals when compared with controls. Hematocrit was significantly higher in the CO-treated neonates (46.3 +/- 1.0% versus 41.3 +/- 0.9%) at 5-6 d of age, although no difference existed between the groups for COHb at this time. There was no difference between the groups for length of gestation, litter size, or birth weight, but CO-treated neonates were significantly smaller at 4 d of age (102.4 +/- 3.7 g) compared with controls (132.0 +/- 5.0 g). At 4-5 d of age there was no difference between the groups for either tidal volume (VT), respiratory frequency (f), or minute ventilation (VE) ...Continue Reading

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