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L Nadeau

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PubMed1986

Biochemical markers in the assessment of protein-calorie malnutrition in premature neonates.

We studied 135 premature newborns of 26 to 36 weeks gestation, divided into three groups: the control group, 66 premature infants with uncomplicated course; 51 premature neonates with appropriate birth weight for gestational age (AGA), who suffered from clinical problems that delayed oral feeding; and 18 premature infants with small birth weight for gestational age (SGA). When neonates of the same postnatal age were compared, prealbumin concentrations were the lowest in the SGA group at the third and fourth postnatal week. Although the AGA group had the most infants with serious illnesses and the lowest protein-calorie intakes, their prealbumin concentrations did not differ significantly from those of the control group. But when the infants of each group were subdivided on the basis of intakes and weight gain regardless of postnatal age, those with greater intakes showed significantly higher prealbumin values; however, in all groups, the infants with higher intakes were also significantly older. Total proteins and albumin showed similar changes in all groups. Prealbumin concentrations showed great interindividual variability in infants of the same postnatal age. We conclude that prealbumin, albumin, and serum total proteins are not sufficiently sensitive biochemical markers to assess alterations of the nutritional status of premature infants.

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PubMed1985

[When does the therapeutic community for drug addicts become ill-treatment?].

In this text, the author tries to answer the following question: When is the therapeutic community for drug addicts becoming the maltreating? To do so, she relies on her own experience as intermediate during 4 (four) years at "The Portage". She explains, in a first place, the philosophy of treatment in this environment and the major psychological reasons that make it an adequate approach for that clientele. Then she comments on the ethical problems of that directing approach, being the attitude and the power of the intermediates. It is in the ethical area that the limits of the intervention lay to the point that if they are slightly exceeded, the intermediates can become the maltreating.

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PubMed1979

[Women and their grud habits.].

This work explores the specific relationship in Quebec between prescribed drugs and the users looking particularly into the habits of absorption of women. The data compiled by the Health Insurance Office show no difference in the ratio of prescribed drugs between men and women. The author, in interpreting these results states the recipients of this program of health insurance do not represent the total population of Quebec. Also, the statistics of a treatment center for drug addicts in Montreal show that most of the treated women abuse the tranquilizers and hypnotic-sedatives obtained through a medical prescription. At last, statistics from a treatment center for alcoolics show that two thirds of admitted women use both alcohol and tranquilizers and for hypnotic sedatives prescribed by doctors compared to 13% of men enslaved by this double use.

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