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  • Title: Effect of ritodrine infusion on uterine and umbilical blood flow in pregnant sheep.
    Author: Ehrenkranz RA, Walker AM, Oakes GK, McLaughlin MK, Chez RA.
    Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol; 1976 Oct 01; 126(3):343-9. PubMed ID: 961782.
    Abstract:
    The effect of ritodrine upon uterine artery blood flow (UtBF) and umbilical vein blood flow (UmBF) was investigated in near-term chronic sheep preparations. During intravenous ritodrine infusions to the ewe in sequential dose rates from 100 to 800 mug per minute, UtBF fell progressively to 43 per cent below control levels and mean maternal arterial pressure (MMAP) declined 20 per cent. During constant infusions of 100, 400, or 800 mug per minute of ritodrine to the ewe for 120 minutes,, UtBF decreased 10, 37, and 31 per cent, respectively, and MMAP decreased 6, 20 and 25 per cent respectively. Dose-related maternal tachycardia and hyperglycemia occurred. There were no significant changes in UmBF, mean fetal arterial pressure, or fetal heart rate. During all infusions, maternal and fetal arterial pH, PCO2, and PO2 remained within normal physiologic limits. Simultaneous infusion of ritodrine (400 mug per minute) and propranolol (100 mug per minute) blocked the maternal tachycardia, but decreases in UtBF, MMAP, and UmBF were observed. Ritodrine infusions to the fetus (25 mug per minute) resulted in fetal tachycardia and a variable increase in UmBF.
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