[Comparative study of oxygen tension in arterial blood and arterialized capillary blood in relation to the oxygen content of inspired air in healthy newborn infants].

The values of oxygen tension of arterial blood were compared with those of arterialized capillary blood in 65 healthy newborns. The latter ones always had a significantly lower level than the arterial ones. A sufficient correlation between paired values could be stated only under conditions of normal room air.

[Creatine kinase and creatine kinase isoenzymes in the serum of newborn infants. 1. Effect of the mode of delivery on total CK and CK-B].

The total CK-, CK-B- and CK-M-activity was determined in 48 newborns from the first to the third day of life by use of the "CK-Monotest" (Boehringer Mannheim). Opposite to a very small decrease of the total CK-activity a significant decrease of the CK-B is evident in the same time. At the first day the detection of CK-B was impossible in only 1 of 27 patients, but at the third day a low CK-B level was detectable in only 5 of 11 test persons.

Controlled trial of ancrod in ischemic stroke.

In a randomized, single-blind study, 30 patients with acute ischemic stroke were treated with either low-molecular weight dextran and mannitol alone (group A, mean age, 63.3 +/- 11.8 years, n = 15) or in combination with the viper venom enzyme ancrod (group B, mean age, 67.