Fatty acid profiles, antioxidant status, and growth of preterm infants fed diets without or with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. A randomized clinical trial.

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCP) are considered conditionally essential nutrients for the infant born prematurely, and attempts are being made to match fatty acid profiles of formula and breast fed infants. In this double-blind, randomized study we investigated the effects of a formula enriched with both n-6 and n-3 LCP on plasma fatty acid profiles, antioxidant status and growth of premature infants. 29 infants received either a formula devoid of LCP or a LCP supplemented formula (0.

Exclusion of the gene locus for spinal muscular atrophy on chromosome 5q in a family with infantile olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) and anterior horn cell degeneration.

Two sisters with infantile OPCA plus spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are reported. Both showed severe hypotonia and psychomotor delay from birth, and in addition, nystagmoid eye movements and vision impairment were evident. Cerebellar hypoplasia with cystic dilatation was seen by neuro-imaging methods.

Decreased incidence of extra-alveolar air leakage or death prior to air leakage in high versus low rate positive pressure ventilation: results of a randomised seven-centre trial in preterm infants.

Two different ventilation techniques were compared in a seven-centre, randomised trial with 181 preterm infants up to and including 32 completed weeks gestational age, who needed mechanical ventilation because of lung disease of any type. Technique A used a constant rate (60 cycles/min), inspiratory time (IT) (0.33s) and inspiratory: expiratory ratio (I:E) (1:2).

[Insulin-induced edema in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus].

Two girls (aged 14 and 16 years) with type I diabetes were hospitalized with blood sugar levels of 394 and 319 mg/dl as well as HbA1 levels of 14.2 and 14.1%, respectively.

[Effect of the place of birth on mortality and morbidity of the early form of group B streptococcal infection in newborn infants of normal weight].

In a retrospective analysis, 23 newborns (birth weight more than 2000 g) with early-onset group B streptococcal disease were studied. 13 babies had been born in another hospital and were subsequently transferred; these were compared with 10 infants from an adjacent perinatal centre. A paediatrician was present at the birth of the last group of infants, but only once at the birth of a baby born in a hospital not attached to our centre.