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  • Title: Newborn intestinal circulation. Physiology and pathophysiology.
    Author: Reber KM, Nankervis CA, Nowicki PT.
    Journal: Clin Perinatol; 2002 Mar; 29(1):23-39. PubMed ID: 11917738.
    Abstract:
    The physiologic characteristics of the newborn intestinal circulation are unique when compared with the adult condition. Most important, intestinal vascular resistance across newborn intestine is exceptionally low and this transient reduction is mediated by an increased constitutive and stimulated production of NO. The low vascular resistance characteristic of newborn intestine alters the capacity of this vasculature to respond to systemic circulatory perturbations, such as hypotension and arterial hypoxemia. The essential role of endothelial production of NO in maintaining newborn intestinal hemodynamics might be important in the pathogenesis of NEC, because endothelial dysfunction would limit, or possibly eliminate, NO production, leading to substantial intestinal ischemia.
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