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. 2009 Aug 12;587(Pt 19):4695–4703. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.174870

Table 1.

Mean heart rate (HR, beats min−1), right ventricular output (RVO, ml min−1), pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP, mmHg), systemic arterial pressure (SAP, mmHg), amplitude of the pulmonary blood flow (PBF) waveform (PBF pulse, ml min−1) and amplitude of the ductus arteriosus (DA) blood flow waveform (DA pulse) measured before umbilical cord occlusion (BCO), after umbilical cord occlusion (ACO) and at 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60 and 120 min after ventilation onset

Time HR (beats min−1) RVO (ml min−1) PAP (mmHg) SAP (mmHg) PBF pulse (ml min−1) DA pulse (ml min−1)
BCO 167 ± 9  623 ± 55a 55.6 ± 4.2a 49.4 ± 4.9 707 ± 62a 794 ± 68a
ACO 166 ± 18 315 ± 14b 56.3 ± 2.9a 49.6 ± 3.7 443 ± 58b 791 ± 40a
0.5 188 ± 17 406 ± 65b 55.4 ± 4.0a 53.5 ± 4.0 547 ± 73b 1043 ± 106b
1 191 ± 15 398 ± 66b 56.2 ± 4.7a 54.9 ± 4.7 494 ± 72b 1069 ± 124b
2 194 ± 10 434 ± 54b 53.9 ± 5.0a 52.9 ± 5.1 470 ± 74b 1078 ± 103b
5 193 ± 13 405 ± 50b 53.8 ± 4.8a 55.2 ± 5.3 426 ± 47b 1061 ± 69b
10 181 ± 10 287 ± 45b  49.6 ± 5.7ab 53.2 ± 5.5 428 ± 36b    911 ± 109ab
30 166 ± 11 317 ± 59b  37.4 ± 3.5b 44.9 ± 3.2 473 ± 34b  379 ± 103c
60 152 ± 14 336 ± 64b  42.7 ± 4.1b 47.3 ± 2.4 468 ± 43b 368 ± 90c
120 160 ± 8  263 ± 40b  42.7 ± 3.2ab 45.0 ± 2.6 477 ± 55b 457 ± 92c

Values that do not share a common letter within the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05) from each other.