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Does pregnancy alter the pressor, heart rate, and plasma catecholamine responses to intravenous noradrenaline?
Does pregnancy alter the pressor, heart rate, and plasma catecholamine responses to intravenous noradrenaline?
Pregnancy alters cardiovascular regulatory mechanisms, specifically diminishing the bradycardic response to a noradrenaline-induced pressor challenge and delaying recovery.
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Pregnancy may blunt baroreflex bradycardia to noradrenaline; leaves open whether this alters peripartum hemodynamic management.
Ramsay et al. (1993) studied this question.
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