Growth hormone status in six children with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Objective: Prenatal alcohol exposure may cause fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), which is associated with pre- and postnatal retardation.

Materials And Methods: Spontaneous 24-h growth hormone (GH) secretion was measured in six prepubertal short children with FAS (two boys and four girls) aged 4-14 years. The response to a GH stimulation test, and levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) were also measured.

Regional skin temperature, heat flow and conductance in preterm neonates nursed in low and in neutral environmental temperature.

The changes of regional dry heat loss and skin temperature in 15 healthy preterm babies, 8 with a gestational age (GA) of 33-36 weeks and 7 with a GA of 28-31 weeks, were studied under controlled conditions at environmental temperatures ranging from 29.5 to 34.0 degrees C.

Measurement of skin temperature and heat flow from skin in term newborn babies.

Regional heat loss and skin temperature changes in 25 healthy, full-term infants were studied under controlled conditions at environmental temperatures of 28-32 degrees C. Skin temperatures for all body regions followed changes in operative temperatures. Regional dry heat losses closely followed the external temperature gradient (difference between skin and operative temperature).

Early postoperative lipid administration after neonatal surgery.

The ability of neonates to eliminate and utilize lipid emulsions after surgery was investigated in 12 patients. All were subjected to major surgery within 29 h of birth. All neonates were given 10% glucose iv intraoperatively.