Proteolytic Enzyme Activity in Fetal Pancreas and Meconium

Proteolytic activity of the pancreas; transient depression in infancy.

The pioneer work on pancreatic function in infants was carried out by Hess (1912) and since that time many workers employing duodenal intubation have investigated pancreatic enzyme levels in malnutrition, kwashiorkor and acute infections. In recent years interest has been centred on pancreatic insufficiency in fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, in which condition the pancreatic lesion is expe...

relationship between proteolytic enzyme activity and oxidative stress in subjects with diabetes

Fetal outcome in meconium stained deliveries.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the foetal outcome in Meconium Stained Amniotic Fluid (MSAF). MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health And Medical Sciences, Shillong, India, over a period of eighteen months, from January 2010 to June 2011. A total of 355 pregnant wo...

Evaluation of pancreatic proteolytic enzyme treatment of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, with nutrition and detoxification support.

Historically, large doses of proteolytic enzymes, along with diet, nutritional supplements, and "detoxification" procedures, have been used in alternative therapies to treat all forms of cancer, without formal clinical studies to support their use. A 2-year, unblinded, 1-treatment arm, 10-patient, pilot prospective case study was used to assess survival in patients suffering inoperable stage II...

Fetal Hypoxia and Meconium in Preterm Deliveries and Stillbirth

Purpose: This study was undertaken to assess the relationship between the degree of meconium staining of the extraplacental membranes at birth, meconium aspiration, and pulmonary changes in neonates and stillbirth. Methods: The lungs, extraplacental membranes and placenta from 20 stillborn with meconium-stained membranes and 13 lungs of perinatal deaths were collected and microscopically examin...