scholarly journals Biochemical Measurement of Neonatal Hypoxia

Author(s):  
Megan S. Plank ◽  
Teleka C. Calderon ◽  
Yayesh Asmerom ◽  
Danilo S. Boskovic ◽  
Danilyn M. Angeles

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (56) ◽  
pp. 297-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Hussein ◽  
Sahar Abdel Aziz ◽  
Salwa Tapouzada ◽  
Boehles

Objective:Cobalamin (B12) deficiency has been reported in infants born to mothers with low cobalamin intake. Early diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency in infants is critical for the prevention of neurobehavioral disorders. We investigated the relationship between serum vitamin B12 level in newborns and in their healthy mothers who consumed an omnivorous diet. Anthropometry was studied longitudinally to assess the growth velocity of the infants. Urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA) excretion of 6-month old infants was compared retrospectively as the biomarker correlated with the initial serum vitamin B12 concentrations. Methods: Serum cobalamin and blood hemoglobin were determined in 84 pairs of newborns and their mothers. Urinary MMA excretion was measured in the same subjects during the first 6 months of the post partum period. Results: At birth, median serum cobalamin levels were 152.0 pmol/L in the mothers and 296.6 pmol/L in the newborns. Maternal and neonatal serum cobalamin levels had no effect on growth velocity during the first six months of postnatal life. Serum maternal and neonatal cobalamin levels were inversely associated with urinary MMA excretion. Conclusion: Early diagnosis of vitamin B12 status in neonates and infants is crucial, particularly in nutritionally deprived areas. Biochemical measurement of plasma cobalamin or its metabolic marker MMA is highly recommended. Urinary MMA measurement in cobalamin diagnostics provides an advantage in that blood sampling is not required. A vitamin B12 taskforce should be created to alleviate vitamin deficiency and its negative consequences.





1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
M. Pääkkönen ◽  
S. Aukee ◽  
K. Korhonen ◽  
A. Pääkkönen ◽  
E. Länsimies ◽  
...  

SummaryIn this work the duodenogastric reflux was quantified as the amount of radioactivity entering the stomach after an i.v. administration of 99mmTc-HIDA in ulcer patients and in patients who had undergone BI gastrectomy. The results were compared with visual evidence of gastric activity in the gamma camera images and biochemical determination of gastric bile reflux. The method is useful in quantifying the reflux if the activity is above the background activity. It allows the determination of an upper limit for the reflux when the reflux is evident visually. Only two or three images are needed for the quantitation. No correlation was found between biochemical measurement of fasting bile reflux in the stomach and radioisotopic quantification.



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Vol 337 ◽  
pp. 113577
Author(s):  
Yuko Ogawa ◽  
Emi Tanaka ◽  
Yoshiaki Sato ◽  
Masahiro Tsuji


2014 ◽  
Vol 99 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A168.2-A168
Author(s):  
T Benterud ◽  
L Pankratov ◽  
R Solberg ◽  
OD Saugstad ◽  
A Skinningsrud ◽  
...  


Autophagy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Carloni ◽  
Silvia Girelli ◽  
Claudia Scopa ◽  
Giuseppe Buonocore ◽  
Mariangela Longini ◽  
...  


2004 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 900-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Wang ◽  
Changlian Zhu ◽  
Xinhua Wang ◽  
Jens Gammeltoft Gerwien ◽  
Andre Schrattenholz ◽  
...  


2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Fathali ◽  
Robert P. Ostrowski ◽  
Yu Hasegawa ◽  
Tim Lekic ◽  
Jiping Tang ◽  
...  


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Felícitas A. Mateos ◽  
Juan G. Puig ◽  
Teresa H. Ramos ◽  
Ramón H. Carranza ◽  
María E. Miranda ◽  
...  
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