[Increase of conjugated bilirubin in diabetics].

Three hundred patients were studied: 150 had NIDDM and the other 150 were non diabetics. Serum glucose and total and fractionated bilirrubin were measured in samples taken after night fasting. The mean glucose in the NIDDM group was 180.

Glucose stabilization and coronary infarction with artificial pancreas in heart-lung preparation.

In the performance of heart-lung preparations, after 4-8 hours, it is an usual feature to have multiple microinfarctions, and, finally, heart failure and ventricular fibrillation. We have studied glucose, triglycerides and conjugated fructose consumption by the heart-lung preparation and found a very fast glucose depletion (30 to 90 minutes to glucose 0, starting with glucose 120 mg/dl). The depletion has been slower for triglycerides and even slower for conjugated fructose.