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EXPERIMENTAL models for foetal hypoxia have predominantly employed acute asphyxiation1,2, although in the human it is likely that when impairment of foetal oxygenation does occur it is often chronic and incomplete3. It has been shown4 that by giving mothers 10 per cent oxygen to breathe (for short periods of time) it is possible to halve foetal oxygen tension without harming the foetus. This experimental technique was used to study glucose and acid-base status in mother and foetus during hypoxia.
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LUMLEY, J., WOOD, C. Influence of Hypoxia on Glucose Transport across the Human Placenta. Nature 216, 403–404 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216403a0
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