Effect of hypoxia on the auditory system of goat fetuses during extrauterine incubation

Authors: Nobuko Nishioka¹; Hidenori Nishina¹; Koyo Yoshida¹; Katsuyuki Kinoshita¹; Yoshiro Ehara²

Source: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Volume 30, Number 4, August 2004 , pp. 337-338(2)

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Abstract:

J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2002; 2: 109–114 Aim:

To investigate the effect of hypoxia on the auditory system in fetuses, we attempted to analyze the auditory brainstem response, the middle latency response, and changes of several physiological parameters of goat fetuses during extrauterine incubation. Methods:

We conducted extrauterine incubation of five goat fetuses at around 127 days of gestation (term = 148 days). Their physiological parameters, such as fetal heart rate, mean blood pressure, flow rate of carotid artery, as well as the auditory brainstem response and middle latency response, were recorded prior to and during hypoxia, and the two sets of data were compared with each other. Results:

In all five cases, the fetal heart rate decreased from 178 ± 12.2 b.p.m. to 144 ± 15.2 b.p.m. during hypoxia, while mean blood pressure and flow rate of carotid artery increased from 37.3 ± 3.7 mmHg to 43.2 ± 5.1 mmHg, and from 38.5 ± 5.5 mL/min to 47.0 ± 5.1 mL/min, respectively. The latency of the auditory brainstem response's wave V and of the middle latency response's Pa wave elongated from 5.24 ± 0.24 ms to 5.69 ± 0.20 ms, and from 19.2 ± 1.6 ms to 20.9 ± 1.4 ms, respectively. Conclusion:

Although fetal compensatory reactions, such as increases in mean blood pressure and flow rate of carotid artery during hypoxia were recognized, elongation of latency, and decrement of amplitude were observed in the auditory brainstem response and middle latency response. These results suggest that hypoxia itself influences the auditory system of the fetus.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1341-8076.2004.203_2_2.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and 2: Division of Computer Science, Jutendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Publication date: 2004-08-01

Effect of hypoxia on the auditory system of goat fetuses during extrauterine incubation

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