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A Jehle

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[Kidney function and kidney diseases in the elderly].

The significance of age-induced alterations in renal function is described in order to explain clinically important entities in older people, such as hypo- and hypervolaemia, hyper- and hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia and metabolic acidosis. A sound knowledge of the age-dependent changes in renal function enables the physician to effectively prevent many of these metabolic disturbances. Renovascular disease, nephrotic syndrome, renal cysts and acute renal failure are renal diseases which typically have a higher incidence in older people and require special consideration when evaluating renal disease in the elderly.

Aged↗

Beta-endorphin: regional levels profile in the brain of the human infant.

Immunoradiometrical determinations of beta-endorphin (beta-EP) levels in 29 discrete brain regions from a series of victims of "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" yielded a uniformly low levels profile in various areas of telencephalon, thalamus, pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata. This low levels profile was interrupted by intermediate and high beta-EP levels in the midbrain and in two diencephalic zones. This study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive, neurochemically determined regional profile of beta-EP levels in the brain of the human infant.

Brain Chemistry↗

Cerebral beta-endorphin levels in a woman with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome.

By means of a specific two-site immunoradiometric assay, we explored the beta-endorphin levels in various brain regions of a patient affected by Prader-Labhart-Willi Syndrome. The rank of the beta-endorphin levels of five cerebral zones (hypothalamus, substantia grisea centralis, pons dorsalis, medulla oblongata dorsalis medialis, thalamus medialis) of the patient was homologous to that of subjects without the syndrome, except for the medulla oblongata dorsalis medialis. In patient with the Prader-Labhart-Willi Syndrome this region had a higher ranking level than in subjects without it. However, a functional meaning cannot be attributed to such difference because the patient of this study did not exhibit neurological disturbances relating to elevated beta-endorphin levels in the medullary region investigated.

Adult↗

[Acute therapy of ischemic cerebral infarct].

The ischaemic cerebral attack is a disease prevailingly of older age. Its prognosis is distinguished by a mortality rate as high as ever. From 1975 to 1985, 520 patients with ischaemic cerebral attack have been treated in hospital, with specific acute therapy changing from the so-called vasodilator therapy via osmotherapy into haemodilution therapy with lowmolecular dextrane. Since during vasodilator therapy any early mobilisation nor continuous physiotherapy were carried out and the patients prevailingly died of bronchopneumonia, the significantly lower mortality rate under osmotherapy and haemodilution therapy cannot be attributed to the specific drug therapy. In all probability it is a result of the improvement of care and of the active early mobilisation of the patients.

Acute Disease↗