Fetal lung liquid plays a crucial role in the growth and development of the lungs by maintaining them in a distended state.

Increased drainage of the amniotic fluid, another essential factor for normal lung growth and development, will result in marked pulmonary hypoplasia as may ...

Oligohydramnios reduces the intrathoracic cavity size, thus disrupting fetal lung growth and leading to pulmonary hypoplasia. The exact mechanism by which ...

Fetal lung liquid plays a crucial role in the growth and development of the lungs by maintaining them in a distended state.

Oligohydramnios increases the risk of miscarriage or stillbirth. It can also cause the baby to be born with severe abnormalities, including underdeveloped lungs ...

One of the factors affecting the growth of fetal lungs is the presence of physical forces. Amniotic fluid is one of the factors that provide this pressure (5).

Fetal breathing movements begin around week 20 or 21, and occur when contractions of the respiratory muscles cause the fetus to inhale and exhale amniotic fluid ...

22 июн. 2024 г. · This is the first study reporting that antenatal administration of stem cell derivatives could be a potential therapy to rescue lung development in fetuses ...

This study aimed to investigate how maternal asthma during pregnancy disrupts fetal lung development by altering lipid metabolism in the amniotic fluid.

22 авг. 2023 г. · Laboratory tests can be performed on amniotic fluid before iatrogenic preterm birth to provide an indirect assessment of the likelihood of lung ...