Doppler flow and radionuclide scan studies in the evaluation and management of peripheral artery thrombosis in the neonate

substantially lower thoracic gas vo lume in babies born by CS, This f inding could explain the relatively increased incidence of mild t ransient t achypnoea in the CS group. We again found that babies bo rn vaginally rarely have an opening pressure. The fact tha t a s imilar pa t te rn was seen in the babies born by CS indicates tha t passage down the birth canal is not responsible for the absence of this phenomenon , which is a lmost universal ly seen in an