BACKGROUND Hypoglycemia is a common determining factor of poor prognosis for children with severe malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Intravenous dextrose administration is rarely available. Oral mucosal delivery may be an alternative to parenteral administration. A randomized, clinical trial was performed in Burkina Faso among moderately hypoglycemic children, comparing sublingual sugar administrat...

A new antifungal antibiotic, CB-25-I, was isolated from the culture broth of a strain of Serratia plymuthica. The antibiotic, a water-soluble dipeptide, is structurally related to Sch 37137 and A 19009, both produced by strains of Actinomycetales. The antibiotic exhibits inhibitory activity against Candida albicans in YNB medium (a synthetic medium), but the activity is significantly reduced in...

Using deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats, we tested the hypothesis that increased plasma NaCl concentration supports sympathetic activity and blood pressure (BP) during salt-sensitive hypertension. One day before experimentation, femoral catheters and an electrode for measurement of lumbar sympathetic nerve activity (LSNA) probe were surgically positioned in DOCA-salt and Sham-salt ra...

Whether and to what extent sodium chloride infusions elevate blood pressure acutely were examined in conscious, normotensive, and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) anephric rats. All animals were bilaterally nephrectomized 18 hours before study. Normotensive Wistar rats, allowed no food or water post nephrectomy (Groups I-IV), received either no infusion (Group I, control) or intravenous infusio...

conclusions the administration of dextrose saline was associated with a shortened active phase and second stage of labor in vaginally delivered nulliparous women. results of 174 objects enrolled, 150 women delivered vaginally and completed the study. there was a significant difference in the duration of active phase between the groups (ns: 270.20 ± 13.37 minutes; d5ns: 206.67 ± 11.72 minutes) (...

Background: The number of invasive procedures performed in newborns admitted in neonatal units is very high. Nonpharmacologic interventions are valuable alternatives for pain relief during minor procedures in neonates. The aim of this study was to assess the analgesic effect of orally administered glucose with different concentration in neonate using a validated behavioral acute pain rating sca...

BACKGROUND Newborn infants with risk factors may require intravenous (IV) dextrose for asymptomatic hypoglycemia. Administration of IV dextrose and transfer to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may interfere with parent-infant bonding. OBJECTIVE To study the effect of implementing dextrose gel supplement with feeds in late preterm/term infants affected by asymptomatic hypoglycemia on re...

The mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of blood after storage for up to 24 days under various temperature conditions in ethylene diamine tetracetic acid, acid citrate dextrose, citrate phosphate dextrose, and Alsever's solution was measured using the Coulter S. Storage of blood overnight at 23 degrees centigrade increased the MCV, while there was no significant change after similar storage at 4 degr...