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J M Gómez Vida

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PubMed1993

[Determining factors of nutritional status in a pediatric surgical unit].

Nutritional assessment was made in 134 pediatric patients before surgery in order to analyze the influence of age, sex anthropometric nutritional index and type of surgical operation (urgent vs elective). The anthropometrical index, hematology measurements and serum protein levels were compared by using a one-way ANOVA and a linear correlation was performed when appropriate. The type of surgery and age of the patient were the factors which influence nutritional status the most among the pre-operatively screened surgical pediatric patients. In addition, pre-albumin, retinol-binding protein and acute-phase proteins have been shown to be affected by stress and appear to be more sensitive indicators of nutritional state than comparison of the types of surgery.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

[Materno-fetal nutritional status related to vitamin E].

There are few papers about the placental transfer of vitamin E in human beings. It is known that umbilical cord vitamin E levels are significantly lower than in mother's plasma. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between the vitamin E nutritional state between newborn infants and their mothers. The plasma levels of vitamin E and lipids at birth have been measured by using spectrophotometric methods. The statistical analysis (Student's "t" test for paired data) shows that the plasma levels of vitamin E in the newborn infants are significantly lower than that their mother's, but the nutritional indices (vitamin E/phospholipids and vitamin E/total lipids) show no statistical differences. There is a close correlation between umbilical cord vitamin E concentration and vitamin E levels in the mother's plasma. We have demonstrated that the vitamin E nutritional state of term newborn infants is equivalent to that of their mothers. On the other hand, nutritional indices such as vitamin E/phospholipids and vitamin E/total lipids, are better than the single vitamin E levels to evaluate the nutritional state of tocopherol.

Female↗
PubMed1989

[Importance of the function of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in intrinsic and extrinsic asthma. Interaction of whole serum in the control of cellular activity].

A study was made of polynuclear leucocyte function: chemotaxis, NBT reduction and the influence of total plasma on chemotaxis, was investigated in a large group of asthmatic paediatric patients, both during and between asthmatic attacks. It has been proved that polynuclear function is different in the two types of asthma. During the asthmatic's crisis and in the intrinsic patients in intercrisis periods, there is a polynuclear neutrophil hyperreaction when the chemotaxis and the NBT reduction are raised. An inhibited chemotactic activity in the plasma of these patients is noted. This activity doesn't produce irreversible effects on the cells; it acts as a regulating mechanism on the chemotactic factors found in plasmatic fractions.

Asthma↗