Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29774532›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of physiology2018

The fetus at the tipping point: modifying the outcome of fetal asphyxia.

Simerdeep K Dhillon, Christopher A Lear, Robert Galinsky, Guido Wassink, Joanne O Davidson, Sandra Juul, Nicola J Robertson, Alistair J Gunn, Laura Bennet

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Review in The Journal of physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Multiscale Mathematical Model for Fetal Gas Transport and Regulatory Systems During Second Half of Pregnancy.International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering · 2025
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  8. Dysmaturation of sleep state and electroencephalographic activity after hypoxia-ischaemia in preterm fetal sheep.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2024
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  11. Alpha-adrenergic receptor activation after fetal hypoxia-ischaemia suppresses transient epileptiform activity and limits loss of oligodendrocytes and hippocampal neurons.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2023
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  14. Increased variability of fetal heart rate during labour: a review of preclinical and clinical studies.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Simerdeep K DhillonThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Christopher A LearThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-8937-0846
Robert GalinskyThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6374-9372
Guido WassinkThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6053-2864
Joanne O DavidsonThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6781-4258
Sandra JuulDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Nicola J RobertsonInstitute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
Alistair J GunnThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-0656-7035
Laura BennetThe Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-4336-7596
University of Auckland · NZLondon Women's Clinic · GBUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research CenterU54HD083091 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DOHERTY, DANIEL · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
Manatu Hauora | Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) 12/613Manatu Hauora | Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) 14,216Manatu Hauora | Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) 17/601Neurological Foundation of New Zealand NF1715-PGNICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain injury around birth is associated with nearly half of all cases of cerebral palsy. Although brain injury is multifactorial, particularly after preterm birth, acute hypoxia-ischaemia is a major contributor to injury. It is now well established that the severity of injury after hypoxia-ischaemia is determined by a dynamic balance between injurious and protective processes. In addition, mothers who are at risk of premature delivery have high rates of diabetes and antepartum infection/inflammation and are almost universally given treatments such as antenatal glucocorticoids and magnesium sulphate to reduce the risk of death and complications after preterm birth. We review evidence that these common factors affect responses to fetal asphyxia, often in unexpected ways. For example, glucocorticoid exposure dramatically increases delayed cell loss after acute hypoxia-ischaemia, largely through secondary hyperglycaemia. This critical new information is important to understand the effects of clinical treatments of women whose fetuses are at risk of perinatal asphyxia.

Indexed as

Fetal HypoxiaAnimalsAsphyxiaGlucocorticoidsHumansHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainMagnesium SulfateGlucocorticoidsMagnesium Sulfatebrain injuryfetushypoxia

Identifiers

PMID29774532
PMCPMC6265539
OpenAlexW2889179890

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