Radioactivity in breast milk and placentas during the year after Chernobyl.

After the April 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, samples of human placenta and breast milk were tested for 1 year to determine the levels of radioactivity. The radionuclide iodine 131 was never beyond the detection limit of our gamma detector for both matrices. As to cesium isotopes 134 and 137, the highest levels detected in breast milk (6 Bq.

Serum iron concentrations following administration of two different iron preparations.

Serum iron curves were determined in two groups of iron deficient patients after oral administration of iron protein succinylate or ferritin. The two preparations induced a significant increase of serum iron from 30 min after administration of a dose corresponding to 80 mg Fe3+. The increase induced by iron protein succinylate was more prolonged than that of ferritin.

Influence of spasmolytic treatment and amniotomy on delivery times: a factorial clinical trial.

In a double-blind factorial clinical trial in 300 patients (150 primiparae and 150 multiparae), the effects of amniotomy, rociverine, and butylscopolamine bromide administration on the course of labor were investigated. Rociverine significantly reduced the dilatation time and had no effect on the delivery time. Butylscopolamine bromide had no appreciable effect on the dilatation and expulsion times.