glycogen and Infant--Premature--Diseases

In the second part of this two part article the neonatal energy triangle elements of hypoxia and hypothermia are explored and the physiology of the first few hours of neonatal life drawn together into an integrated whole. This framework can assist in understanding the three most common difficulties encountered by the preterm baby and directing integrated and holistic care.

Topics: Adaptation, Physiological; Blood Glucose; Body Temperature Regulation; Glycogen; Holistic Health; Homeostasis; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Hypothermia; Hypoxia; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Neonatal Nursing; Oxygen Consumption; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; Risk Factors; Work of Breathing

Topics: Animals; Birth Weight; Blood Glucose; Child; Cortisone; Female; Gestational Age; Gluconeogenesis; Glucose; Glycogen; Homeostasis; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Infant Food; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Insulin; Insulin Antagonists; Insulin Secretion; Liver; Liver Glycogen; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications

Chest X-rays of 24 hypoglycemic newborns were compared with those of a matched control group of newborns with normal blood glucose levels. In the hypoglycemic group heart size was found to be significantly greater than in the control group. No correlation could be established between the degree of cardiomegaly and the severity of hypoglycemia. 19 of the 24 hypoglycemic children were prematures or small for dates and it is postulated that the low glycogen stores in these infants do not meet the metabolic demands of the myocardium during its postpartum circulatory adaptation.

Topics: Cardiomegaly; Glycogen; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Myocardium

Topics: Animals; Female; Gluconeogenesis; Glycogen; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Liver; Pregnancy; Rats

Topics: Blood Platelets; Diabetes Mellitus; Glycogen; Glycogen Storage Disease; Histocytochemistry; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Leukemia; Leukemia, Lymphoid; Leukemia, Myeloid; Liver Cirrhosis; Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; Myeloproliferative Disorders; Polycythemia; Primary Myelofibrosis; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic; Remission, Spontaneous; Uremia; von Willebrand Diseases

Topics: Anencephaly; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Erythroblastosis, Fetal; Female; Fetus; Glycogen; Histocytochemistry; Humans; Hydrolases; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Islets of Langerhans; Lipid Metabolism; Oxidoreductases; Pancreas; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Staining and Labeling

Topics: Adolescent; Autopsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Glycogen; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Liver; Male