“…The fetus and neonate respond to experimantal hypovolemia or hypotension with increased release of vasoactive mediators in a similar fashion to the adult [10,16,21,22,24,39,40]. The recovery of the fetus from nitroprusside induced hypotension, is associated with prolonged high levels of vasoactive mediators and a rebound hypertension that is longer than that observed in the adults [39,40].…”