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E Barbosa

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PubMed1971

The uptake and efflux of glycine from rat cerebral-cortex slices.

The kinetics of the influx and efflux of radioactive l-glycine was studied in slices of rat cerebral cortex. The influx showed saturation kinetics and was inhibited by l-alanine. Influx was dependent on the presence of Na(+) ions and a metabolizable substrate. The efflux of glycine was accelerated by alanine. It was concluded that carrier-mediated facilitated diffusion was the mechanism of glycine uptake by, and efflux from, cerebral slices.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
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Pilot study with a glutamine-supplemented enteral formula in critically ill infants.

Seriously ill infants often display protein-calorie malnutrition due to the metabolic demands of sepsis and respiratory failure. Glutamine has been classified as a conditionally essential amino acid, with special usefulness in critical patients. Immunomodulation, gut protection, and prevention of protein depletion are mentioned among its positive effects in such circumstances. With the intent of evaluating the tolerance and clinical impact of a glutamine supplement in seriously ill infants, a prospective randomized study was done with nine patients. Anthropometric and biochemical determinations were made, and length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), in the hospital, and under artificial ventilation, and septic morbidity and mortality were tabulated. Infants in the treatment group (n = 5) were enterally administered 0.3 g/kg of glutamine, whereas controls received 0.3 g/kg of casein during a standard period of five days. Septic complications occurred in 75% of the controls (3/4) versus 20% of the glutamine-treated group (1/5, p < or = 0.10), and two patients in the control group died of bacterial infections (50% vs. 0%, p < or = 0.10). Days in the ICU, in the hospital, and with ventilation numerically favored glutamine therapy, although without statistical significance. The supplements were usually well tolerated, and no patient required discontinuation of the program. The conclusion was that glutamine supplementation was safe and tended to be associated with less infectious morbidity and mortality in this high-risk population.

Child, Preschool↗
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[Iniencephalus apertus. Report of a case (author's transl)].

A macro and microscopic study carried out on an iniencephalic fetus weighing 650 g. is reported. This fetus is especially interesting as it presents anencephaly, supporting the view of classifying together iniencephaly and anencephaly with retroflexion. The main malformations present were: supernumerary ectopical thymus, esophageal atresia with inferior T-E fistula (Type V of Ladd), pulmonary hypoplasia with accessory lung, transposition of the large vessels, rectal atresia, single kidney, persistence of the urogenital sinus and single umbilical artery. The possible etiopathogenic causes are discussed and an embryological interpretation of the principal malformations is given.

Abdomen↗