Tryptophan recovery index as a new biomarker for fitness.

The maximal oxygen uptake (VOmax) and maximal power output (P) are commonly used parameters to evaluate the endurance fitness status. A connection between exercise and the kynurenine pathway (KP), which describes the metabolism of unused tryptophan, has already been reported. However, a potential association of the KP with endurance fitness levels remains unknown.

Bicycle spiroergometry: comparison of standardized examination protocols for adolescents: is it necessary to define own standard values for each protocol?

Purpose: To compare performance data of adolescents collected with five different bicycle spiroergometry protocols and to assess the necessity for establishing standard values for each protocol.

Methods: One-hundred-twenty adolescents completed two bicycle spiroergometries within 14 days. One of the two tests was performed based on our institutional weight-adapted protocol (P0).

Do Anthropometric and Aerobic Parameters Predict a Professional Career for Adolescent Skiers?

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether spiroergometry performance in adolescent alpine ski racers can predict later advancement to a professional career. Over 10 consecutive years, adolescent skiers of the regional Austrian Youth Skier Squad (local level) underwent annual medical examinations, including exhaustive bicycle spiroergometry. The performance was determined at fixed (2 and 4 mmol/l serum lactate) and individual (individual anaerobic threshold (IAT) and lactate equivalent (LAE)) thresholds.

Postoperative Complications and Functional Outcome after Esophageal Atresia Repair: Results from Longitudinal Single-Center Follow-Up.

Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) and tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) represent major therapeutic challenges, frequently associated with serious morbidities following surgical repair. The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess temporal changes in morbidity and mortality of patients with EA/TEF treated in a tertiary-level center, focusing on postoperative complications and their impact on long-term gastroesophageal function.

Methods: One hundred nine consecutive patients with EA/TEF born between 1975 and 2011 were followed for a median of 9.

A case of necrotizing enterocolitis associated with adenovirus infection in a term infant with 22q11 deletion syndrome.

Infections with adenoviruses are a common problem in the pediatric population. Normally asymptomatic to mild, those infections tend to take a more severe course in immunocompromised patients. 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) represents a common genetic disorder causing immunodeficiency from thymic hypoplasia or aplasia, heart defects, a characteristic facial appearance, and velopharyngeal dysfunction.

School accidents in Austria.

The aim of this study was to obtain information about the mechanisms and types of injuries in school in Austria. Children between 0 and 18 years of age presenting with injuries at the trauma outpatient in the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Graz and six participating hospitals in Austria were evaluated over a 2-year prospective survey. A total of 28,983 pediatric trauma cases were registered.

Classification of sudden infant death (SID) cases in a multidisciplinary setting. Ten years experience in Styria (Austria).

Objective: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains a challenge for health professionals despite decreasing rates in recent years. The figures for different areas and time periods are hardly comparable, because of differences in postmortem investigations and classification criteria. In 1992, the European Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Deaths (ESPID) proposed a classification for any sudden and unexpected death in infancy.

Multiple trauma in pediatric patients.

We analyzed the causes and diagnoses, the treatment, short and long-term outcome of a consecutive series of 70 pediatric polytrauma patients. From 1989 to 1996, 70 children (aged 10 months to 16 years, mean 7.4 years) presented with multiple trauma.

Visualization and phase doppler particle analysis measurements of oscillating spray propagation of an airblast atomizer under typical engine conditions.

Propagation of a kerosene spray formed by a prefilming airblast atomizer within a pulsating flame has been investigated. The measurements were performed in a 400 kW single combustor rig at typical engine conditions of up to 0.8 MPa inlet pressure and 673 K inlet temperature.