Response of osteocalcin and insulin resistance after a hypocaloric diet in obese patients.

Objective: Osteocalcin is a hormone with a complex cross-talk between adipose tissue and the skeleton. The aim of the present study was to explore the change of osteocalcin, insulin resistance, and adipocytokines after hypocaloric diet in obese patients.

Patients And Methods: A population of 178 obese patients was analyzed.

Paroxysmal activity and seizures associated with sleep breathing disorder in children: a possible overlap between diurnal and nocturnal symptoms.

Purpose: Sleep breathing disorders (SBD) can trigger paroxysmal events. We recently found a higher percentage of paroxysmal activity (PA) in a sample of Italian children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and no history of epilepsy. The signs of nocturnal seizures can overlap with sleep respiratory events.

Solid phases of tenoxicam.

In this report we describe the preparation and characterization of four polymorphic forms of tenoxicam; they are, three 1:1 stoichiometric solvates with acetonitrile, dioxane, and N,N-dimethylformamide, and an amorphous phase obtained by recrystallization in various solvents. Polymorph IV and solvates with dioxane and N,N-dimethylformamide are reported for the first time in this paper. In addition, three solvates were crystallized in acetone, ethyl acetate, and isopropyl alcohol.

Physico-chemical properties and stability of the new hypoxia-selective agent 7-chloro-3-[[N,N-dimethylamino)propyl]amino]-2-quinoxalinecarbonitrile 1,4-di-N-oxide hydrochloride.

7-Chloro-3-[[N,N-dimethylamino)propyl]amino]-2-quinoxalinecarbonitril e 1,4-di-N-oxide hydrochloride (Q-85 HCl), a new hypoxia-selective agent, was studied to clarify its physico-chemical properties. Melting point, spectra (UV, IR, NMR, MS), thermal behaviour, solubility, pKa, partition coefficient and chromatographic characteristics (TLC, HPLC) have been determined. The stability of Q-85 HCl was studied under various conditions by HPLC.

[Preduodenal portal vein (author's transl)].

Three cases of preduodenal portal vein (PDPV) observed in newborns and young infants are reported. In two patients the diagnosis was made during operations for duodenal stenosis and in the remaining one while operating for midgut volvulus and necrosis. In no case was the PDPV responsible for the clinical picture but in all three patients it was accompanied by other causes of obstruction: annular pancreas, extrinsic adhesive bands and malrotation.

[Effects of parenteral nutrition solutions on the venous walls (an experimental study) (author's transl)].

Lesions (thrombosis, intimal damage, perivascular inflammation) of the marginal ear vein of domestic rabbits were studied 48 hours after infusions of parenteral feeding solutions administered through a butterfly-type 25 needles. Six-hour infusions with a rather diluted solution (12 g dextrose, 1.25 g.