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lactic acid and Embryopathies

lactic acid has been researched along with Embryopathies in 33 studies

Lactic Acid: A normal intermediate in the fermentation (oxidation, metabolism) of sugar. The concentrated form is used internally to prevent gastrointestinal fermentation. (From Stedman, 26th ed)
2-hydroxypropanoic acid : A 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid that is propanoic acid in which one of the alpha-hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Studies in healthy patients undergoing elective caesarean delivery show that, compared with phenylephrine, ephedrine used to treat spinal hypotension is associated with increased fetal acidosis."9.27A randomised comparison of bolus phenylephrine and ephedrine for the management of spinal hypotension in patients with severe preeclampsia and fetal compromise. ( Adams, SC; Arcache, MJ; Dyer, RA; Emmanuel, A; Higgins, N; James, MF; Joolay, Y; Lombard, CJ; Reed, AR; Schulein, S; van Dyk, D; Vorster, A; Wong, CA, 2018)
" We hypothesized that ephedrine and phenylephrine, administered for maternal hypotension following fetal hypoxaemia, are equal in respect of fetal outcome."7.72Effects of ephedrine and phenylephrine on uterine and placental circulations and fetal outcome following fetal hypoxaemia and epidural-induced hypotension in a sheep model. ( Alahuhta, S; Erkinaro, T; Kavasmaa, T; Mäkikallio, K; Räsänen, J, 2004)
"Studies in healthy patients undergoing elective caesarean delivery show that, compared with phenylephrine, ephedrine used to treat spinal hypotension is associated with increased fetal acidosis."5.27A randomised comparison of bolus phenylephrine and ephedrine for the management of spinal hypotension in patients with severe preeclampsia and fetal compromise. ( Adams, SC; Arcache, MJ; Dyer, RA; Emmanuel, A; Higgins, N; James, MF; Joolay, Y; Lombard, CJ; Reed, AR; Schulein, S; van Dyk, D; Vorster, A; Wong, CA, 2018)
" We hypothesized that ephedrine and phenylephrine, administered for maternal hypotension following fetal hypoxaemia, are equal in respect of fetal outcome."3.72Effects of ephedrine and phenylephrine on uterine and placental circulations and fetal outcome following fetal hypoxaemia and epidural-induced hypotension in a sheep model. ( Alahuhta, S; Erkinaro, T; Kavasmaa, T; Mäkikallio, K; Räsänen, J, 2004)
" The diagnosis of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency was made in the presenting fetus after delivery on the basis of subsequent mortality from severe lactic acidosis."3.71Prenatal diagnosis of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency using magnetic resonance imaging. ( Brown, SA; Mulkern, R; Norwitz, ER; Robinson, JN; Rybicki, F; Tempany, CM, 2001)
" Captopril treatment, which reduces maternal blood pressure, during pregnancy and lactation, is reported to have a beneficial effect postnatally, normalizing the blood pressure of offspring in the SHR."3.70Effects of maternal captopril treatment on growth, blood glucose and plasma insulin in the fetal spontaneously hypertensive rat. ( Bassett, NS; Batchelor, DC; Johnston, BM; Lewis, RM; Skinner, SJ; Vickers, MH, 1999)
" Of the 24 fetuses with normal heart rates and abnormal velocimetry, 4 (17 percent) had moderate lactic acidosis, 1 (4 percent) had a low pH value, and 3 (12 percent) had hypoxia."3.68Diagnostic value of blood sampling in fetuses with growth retardation. ( Battaglia, FC; Bozzetti, P; Buscaglia, M; Cetin, I; Ferrazzi, E; Lanfranchi, A; Marconi, AM; Pardi, G, 1993)
"Congenital heart disease is the leading cause of death in the first year after birth."1.31Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease affects preoperative acidosis in the newborn patient. ( Bennink, GB; Brenner, JI; Copel, JA; Hitchcock, JF; Kleinman, CS; Lisowski, LA; Meijboom, EJ; Stoutenbeek, P; Verheijen, PM, 2001)
"Induced fetal hypoxemia resulted in a lactic metabolic acidosis that progressively worsened, with death occurring in three of the animals during the early recovery period."1.29Recovery of the ovine fetus from sustained hypoxia: effects on endocrine, cardiovascular, and biophysical activity. ( Carmichael, L; Fraher, L; Matsuda, Y; Patrick, J; Richardson, B, 1994)
"Induced fetal hypoxemia resulted in a progressive lactic metabolic acidosis; however, all fetuses had recovered within 24 hours."1.28Effects of sustained hypoxemia on the sheep fetus at midgestation: endocrine, cardiovascular, and biophysical responses. ( Carmichael, L; Challis, J; Matsuda, Y; Patrick, J; Richardson, B, 1992)
"To test the hypothesis that long-term hypoxemia affects fetal cardiac function, we measured right (RVO) and left (LVO) ventricular output by electromagnetic flow probes."1.28Right and left ventricular function in fetal sheep exposed to long-term high-altitude hypoxemia. ( Gilbert, RD; Kamitomo, M; Longo, LD, 1992)
"The effects of prolonged mild hypoxemia on the fetus have received little attention."1.27The effect of mild hypoxemia maintained for twenty-four hours on maternal and fetal glucose, lactate, cortisol, and arginine vasopressin in pregnant sheep at 122 to 139 days' gestation. ( Elias, B; Figueroa, J; Markowitz, S; Nathanielsz, P; Towell, ME, 1987)

Research

Studies (33)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19903 (9.09)18.7374
1990's13 (39.39)18.2507
2000's11 (33.33)29.6817
2010's4 (12.12)24.3611
2020's2 (6.06)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Surmeli Onay, O1
Korkmaz, A1
Yigit, S1
Yurdakok, M1
Holzmann, M1
Nordström, L2
Steer, P1
Dyer, RA1
Emmanuel, A1
Adams, SC1
Lombard, CJ1
Arcache, MJ1
Vorster, A1
Wong, CA1
Higgins, N1
Reed, AR1
James, MF1
Joolay, Y1
Schulein, S1
van Dyk, D1
Andresen, JH1
Saugstad, OD1
Labrecque, L1
Provençal, M1
Caqueret, A1
Wo, BL1
Bujold, E1
Larivière, F1
Bédard, MJ1
Torrance, HL1
Pistorius, L1
Voorbij, HA1
Visser, GH1
Hunter, CJ1
Bennet, L1
Power, GG1
Roelfsema, V1
Blood, AB1
Quaedackers, JS1
George, S1
Guan, J1
Gunn, AJ1
Erkinaro, T2
Mäkikallio, K2
Kavasmaa, T2
Alahuhta, S1
Räsänen, J2
Acharya, G1
Haapsamo, M1
Mertens, L1
Huhta, JC1
Gjerris, AC1
Staer-Jensen, J1
Jørgensen, JS1
Bergholt, T1
Nickelsen, C1
Cooper, D1
Sharma, S1
Orakkan, P1
Franke, U1
Kwan, E1
Rurak, DW2
Taylor, SM2
Westgren, M2
Lingman, G1
Stangenberg, M1
Davis, LE1
Hohimer, AR2
Woods, LL1
Matsuda, Y2
Patrick, J2
Carmichael, L2
Fraher, L1
Richardson, B2
Cock, ML1
Wlodek, ME1
Hooper, SB1
McCrabb, GJ1
Harding, R1
Pardi, G1
Cetin, I1
Marconi, AM1
Lanfranchi, A1
Bozzetti, P1
Ferrazzi, E1
Buscaglia, M1
Battaglia, FC1
Cohn, HE1
Piasecki, GJ1
Cohen, WR1
Jackson, BT1
Krüger, K1
Kublickas, M1
Liu, KZ1
Mantsch, HH1
Lewis, RM1
Vickers, MH1
Batchelor, DC1
Bassett, NS1
Johnston, BM1
Skinner, SJ1
Giussani, DA2
Gardner, DS2
Cox, DT1
Fletcher, AJ2
Verheijen, PM1
Lisowski, LA1
Stoutenbeek, P1
Hitchcock, JF1
Brenner, JI1
Copel, JA1
Kleinman, CS1
Meijboom, EJ1
Bennink, GB1
Robinson, JN1
Norwitz, ER1
Mulkern, R1
Brown, SA1
Rybicki, F1
Tempany, CM1
Arnon, S1
Aviram, R1
Dolfin, T1
Regev, R1
Litmanovits, I1
Tepper, R1
Elpeleg, ON1
Bloomfield, MR1
Fowden, AL1
Challis, J1
Kamitomo, M1
Longo, LD1
Gilbert, RD1
Chao, CR1
Bissonnette, JM1
Piquard, F1
Hsiung, R1
Schaefer, A1
Haberey, P1
Dellenbach, P1
Towell, ME1
Figueroa, J1
Markowitz, S1
Elias, B1
Nathanielsz, P1
Cooper, CC1

Reviews

1 review available for lactic acid and Embryopathies

ArticleYear
Lactate measurements in scalp and cord arterial blood.
    Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology, 2001, Volume: 13, Issue:2

    Topics: Acid-Base Imbalance; Biomarkers; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Hypoxia; Humans; Hypoxia

2001

Trials

1 trial available for lactic acid and Embryopathies

ArticleYear
A randomised comparison of bolus phenylephrine and ephedrine for the management of spinal hypotension in patients with severe preeclampsia and fetal compromise.
    International journal of obstetric anesthesia, 2018, Volume: 33

    Topics: Acidosis; Adult; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Blood Pressure; Cesarean Section; Ephedrine; Female; Fetal

2018

Other Studies

31 other studies available for lactic acid and Embryopathies

ArticleYear
Hypoxic-ischemic enterocolitis: a proposal of a new terminology for early NEC or NEC-like disease in preterm infants, a single-center prospective observational study.
    European journal of pediatrics, 2020, Volume: 179, Issue:4

    Topics: Biomarkers; Case-Control Studies; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; Female; F

2020
Inconsistency between lactate meters in the assessment of fetal metabolic acidemia.
    Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica, 2021, Volume: 100, Issue:5

    Topics: Acidosis; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Monitoring; Humans; Lactic Acid; Pregnancy; Ref

2021
50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Acid-Base Monitoring of the Fetus during Labor with Blood Obtained from the Scalp.
    The Journal of pediatrics, 2019, Volume: 208

    Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Acidosis; Blood Specimen Collection; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Monitoring

2019
Correlation of cord blood pH, base excess, and lactate concentration measured with a portable device for identifying fetal acidosis.
    Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC, 2014, Volume: 36, Issue:7

    Topics: Acidosis; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lactic Acid; Prenatal Dia

2014
Lactate to creatinine ratio in amniotic fluid: a pilot study.
    The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, 2013, Volume: 26, Issue:7

    Topics: Acidosis, Lactic; Amniotic Fluid; Biomarkers; Cesarean Section; Creatinine; Female; Fetal Blood; Fet

2013
Key neuroprotective role for endogenous adenosine A1 receptor activation during asphyxia in the fetal sheep.
    Stroke, 2003, Volume: 34, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Asphyxia; Blood Gas Analysis; Body Temperature; Brain; Calorimetry; Cell Count; Cerebrovasc

2003
Effects of ephedrine and phenylephrine on uterine and placental circulations and fetal outcome following fetal hypoxaemia and epidural-induced hypotension in a sheep model.
    British journal of anaesthesia, 2004, Volume: 93, Issue:6

    Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Anesthesia, Epidural; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Ani

2004
Metabolic acidosis decreases fetal myocardial isovolumic velocities in a chronic sheep model of increased placental vascular resistance.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2008, Volume: 294, Issue:1

    Topics: Acidosis; Acute Disease; Animals; Blood Pressure; Cardiac Output; Central Venous Pressure; Chronic D

2008
Umbilical cord blood lactate: a valuable tool in the assessment of fetal metabolic acidosis.
    European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 2008, Volume: 139, Issue:1

    Topics: Acidosis, Lactic; Blood Gas Analysis; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Lactic A

2008
Does placental lactate production have a role in ephedrine-induced fetal metabolic acidosis?
    British journal of anaesthesia, 2008, Volume: 100, Issue:5

    Topics: Acidosis; Cesarean Section; Ephedrine; Female; Fetal Diseases; Humans; Lactic Acid; Maternal-Fetal E

2008
Oxygen consumption, acid-base status, and behavior during and after acute, severe hemorrhage in fetal lambs.
    The American journal of physiology, 1995, Volume: 269, Issue:4 Pt 2

    Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Acute Disease; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Elec

1995
Oxygenation of the human fetus as a function of hemoglobulin concentration.
    American journal of perinatology, 1994, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Hemoglobin; Fetus; Humans; Lactate

1994
Renal function during chronic anemia in the ovine fetus.
    The American journal of physiology, 1994, Volume: 266, Issue:6 Pt 2

    Topics: Amniotic Fluid; Anemia; Animals; Biological Availability; Chronic Disease; Fetal Diseases; Fetus; Gl

1994
Recovery of the ovine fetus from sustained hypoxia: effects on endocrine, cardiovascular, and biophysical activity.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1994, Volume: 170, Issue:5 Pt 1

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Carbon Dioxide; Cardiovascular System; Electrophysiology; Endocrine Glands;

1994
The effects of twenty-four hours of reduced uterine blood flow on fetal fluid balance in sheep.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1994, Volume: 170, Issue:5 Pt 1

    Topics: Amniotic Fluid; Animals; Deglutition; Diuresis; Electrolytes; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; F

1994
Diagnostic value of blood sampling in fetuses with growth retardation.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1993, Mar-11, Volume: 328, Issue:10

    Topics: Acidosis; Amino Acids; Cordocentesis; Delivery, Obstetric; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Growth Reta

1993
The adrenal secretion of catecholamines during systemic metabolic acidosis in fetal sheep.
    Biology of the neonate, 1997, Volume: 72, Issue:2

    Topics: Acidosis; Adrenal Medulla; Animals; Arteries; Blood Glucose; Carbon Dioxide; Catecholamines; Epineph

1997
Lactate in scalp and cord blood from fetuses with ominous fetal heart rate patterns.
    Obstetrics and gynecology, 1998, Volume: 92, Issue:6

    Topics: Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Heart Rate, Fetal; Humans; Lactic Acid; Pregnancy; Prospective

1998
Simultaneous quantitation from infrared spectra of glucose concentrations, lactate concentrations, and lecithin/sphingomyelin ratios in amniotic fluid.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1999, Volume: 180, Issue:3 Pt 1

    Topics: Amniotic Fluid; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Distress; Fetal Organ Maturity; Glucose; Humans; Lacti

1999
Effects of maternal captopril treatment on growth, blood glucose and plasma insulin in the fetal spontaneously hypertensive rat.
    Reproduction, fertility, and development, 1999, Volume: 11, Issue:7-8

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Captopril; Drinking; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Weight; Gest

1999
Purinergic contribution to circulatory, metabolic, and adrenergic responses to acute hypoxemia in fetal sheep.
    American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2001, Volume: 280, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Catecholamines; Epinephrine; Female; Femoral Artery; Fetal B

2001
Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease affects preoperative acidosis in the newborn patient.
    The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2001, Volume: 121, Issue:4

    Topics: Acidosis; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Female; Fetal Diseases; Gestational Age; Heart Defects, Conge

2001
Prenatal diagnosis of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency using magnetic resonance imaging.
    Prenatal diagnosis, 2001, Volume: 21, Issue:12

    Topics: Acidosis, Lactic; Adult; Cerebral Cortex; Cerebral Ventricles; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Diseases in Twin

2001
Mitochondrial DNA depletion presenting prenatally with skin edema and multisystem disease immediately after birth.
    Prenatal diagnosis, 2002, Volume: 22, Issue:1

    Topics: Consanguinity; DNA; DNA, Mitochondrial; Edema; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Movement; Gestational A

2002
Effects of prevailing hypoxaemia, acidaemia or hypoglycaemia upon the cardiovascular, endocrine and metabolic responses to acute hypoxaemia in the ovine fetus.
    The Journal of physiology, 2002, Apr-01, Volume: 540, Issue:Pt 1

    Topics: Acid-Base Equilibrium; Acidosis; Acute Disease; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Animals; Blood Gas Anal

2002
Effects of sustained hypoxemia on the sheep fetus at midgestation: endocrine, cardiovascular, and biophysical responses.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1992, Volume: 167, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Carbon Dioxide; Cardiovascular System; Endocrine Glands; Female; Fetal Disea

1992
Right and left ventricular function in fetal sheep exposed to long-term high-altitude hypoxemia.
    The American journal of physiology, 1992, Volume: 262, Issue:2 Pt 2

    Topics: Altitude; Animals; Cardiac Output; Catecholamines; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Heart; Gases; Hemodynamics;

1992
Fetal cerebral blood flow and metabolism during oligemia and early postoligemic reperfusion.
    Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 1991, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Arteries; Blood Glucose; Brain; Brain Ischemia; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Electroencepha

1991
Does fetal acidosis develop with maternal glucose infusion during normal labor?
    Obstetrics and gynecology, 1989, Volume: 74, Issue:6

    Topics: Acidosis; Adult; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Distress; Glucose; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Isotonic So

1989
The effect of mild hypoxemia maintained for twenty-four hours on maternal and fetal glucose, lactate, cortisol, and arginine vasopressin in pregnant sheep at 122 to 139 days' gestation.
    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1987, Volume: 157, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Arginine Vasopressin; Blood Glucose; Female; Fetal Blood; Fetal Diseases; Gestational Age;

1987
Fetal oxygen consumption and PO2 during hypercapnia in pregnant sheep.
    Journal of developmental physiology, 1986, Volume: 8, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Female; Fetal Diseases; Heart Rate; Hypercapnia; Lactates; L

1986