PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S Yigit AU - G Tekinalp AU - O Oran AU - M Yurdakok AU - D Aliefendioglu AU - A Gurgey TI - Endothelin 1 concentrations in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid AID - 10.1136/fn.87.3.F212 DP - 2002 Nov 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - F212--F213 VI - 87 IP - 3 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/3/F212.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/3/F212.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2002 Nov 01; 87 AB - Plasma endothelin 1 concentrations were determined in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid. Plasma endothelin 1 concentration in the study group (5.23 pg/ml) was statistically higher than that in the control group (1.12 pg/ml). Cord blood pH and base excess values were significantly lower in infants with meconium stained amniotic fluid when compared with the control group. There was no correlation between endothelin 1 concentrations and pH or base excess values. Results suggest that meconium passage is not a physiological event, even if meconium stained infants appear to be clinically healthy.