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J Argemí

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PubMed1988

Serum zinc binding capacity in pregnant women.

Zinc is an important element during the prenatal period. Since plasma zinc levels are not directly related to the nutritional status of this metal in pregnant women, we designed this study to find out if plasma protein zinc binding capacity is a more reliable parameter than total serum zinc to establish zinc nutritional status during pregnancy. We analyzed total serum zinc and zinc binding capacity in 84 normal pregnant women and in 14 nonpregnant women. Within pregnant women, samples were classified according to the gestational age. Total zinc serum was significantly decreased in pregnant women as compared to control ones. The decrease in zinc occurred slowly during the whole period of pregnancy; a negative correlation was found between serum zinc and gestational time. Protein zinc binding capacity was found to be significantly higher in pregnant women than in the control ones. This parameter was positively correlated to total serum zinc in pregnancy. We conclude that since the protein zinc binding capacity increases with advancing gestation, pregnant women take advantage of this to maintain the levels of serum-free zinc, transferable to the fetus.

Blood Proteins↗
PubMed1985

[Cardiorespirography of the newborn infant at 12 hours of life].

The introduction of the cardiorespirogram more than twenty years ago provided a useful continous noninvasive monitoring technique of heart and respiratory functions. However, there are only few studies about recording of these parameters and the topic is often partially discussed. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyze the cardiorespirograms from newborn infants, divided into three groups: 50 normal fullterm infants, 28 preterm and 16 fullterm low birth weight infants. The age at monitoring was 12 hours. The 50 normal newborns reveal patterns similar to those described by other authors. The preterm and fullterm low birth weight infants show a significantly higher baseline with less variability and reactivity, data which lead us to bear in mind gestational age and birth weight to evaluate the cardiorespirogram.

Heart Rate↗
PubMed1980

[Complete triploidy in a liveborn premature (author's transl)].

Authors describe the clinical, pathological and cytogenetic data of a polymalformed premature with a complete a triploidy 69,XXY). This rare condition (30 cases in the literature) may be suspected in a premature with broad posterior fontanella, eye and ear anomalies, syndactily between IV and III fingers/toes, intersexual status and mielomeningocele. Frequently the placenta presents a molar or micromolar degeneration.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗