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P Vert

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[Hypoplasia of the left side of the heart in two brothers].

Amongst the malformations which constitute the hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the coexistence of mitral and aortic valve atresia should be considered a separate entity. The analysis of cases reported in the literature does not reveal a male preponderance nor is the family picture characteristic of a genetic autosomal recessive disorder.

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[Epilepsy, anticonvulsants and pregnancy].

A statistical study, using a computer, of 343 epileptic women with 775 pregnancies led to the following conclusions: 1. The influence of pregnancy on epilepsy is very variable: null once out of 2 times, pregnancy is more often favourable than unfavourable in the remaining 50% of the cases. 2. The influence of epilepsy on pregnancy seems to be null with regard to the course of pregnancy, its termination and the post-delivery period. The perinatal mortality rate is, however, higher. 3. Concerning the very present question of the teratogenic risk due to anticonvulsants, it appears that an epileptic woman has a slightly higher risk to bear a child with a congenital defect than does a non-epileptic mother; 4.04% of malformations in treated epileptic women, 2.32% in non-treated; 2.2% and 1.8% in two control groups.

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced↗

[Pharmacokinetic data on phenobarbital. Study on the influence of gestational age and dysmaturity].

Blood levels of barbiturate after a single intramuscular injection of 10 mg of phenobarbiitone have been plotted against time in 15 neonates at term of whom five were normal and 10 were dysmature, and 15 pre-term infants between 32 and 34 wesks gestation, of whom 12 had a satisfactory weight and 3 were dysmature. The analysis of the experiments according to a mathematical model gave the following results. Half life of absorption +/- 1 S.D. 9.55 HR +/- 6.97 for the term neonates and 11.12 hr +/- 7.61 for the pre-term infants. The difference is not significant. Half life of elimination +/- 1 S.D. 118.06 hours +/- 64.79 for the neonates of term and 110.49 hr +/- 37.19 for the pre-term infants. The half life of elimination is much shorter in the pre-term dysmature infants 74.10 hrs +/- 40.12. The individual variations are important but the differences between the groups of neonates studied are not great. This permits re-grouping and calculation of a half life of elimination for the whole group of 114.28 hr +/- 28.05. The risk of over dosage and the large individual variation in the metabolism of phenobarbitone in the new born lead us to recommend checking the blood levels when giving repeated doses.

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[Capillary blood coagulation in the healthy premature newborn].

Blood coagulation of healthy premature newborns, since birth, was studied for 45 days by a method of capillary blood sampling in a plastic tube. The most often measured clotting factors allowed to establish control coagulation times for the tests performed in premature sick infants. In this study, the clotting factors were identical in at-term and premature children. Vitamin-K dependent factors showed the most important deficits; however, at birth their levels seemed higher in at-term newborns. They reached control values after one month, with a progressive evolution. The other blood-clotting factors were normal.

Blood Coagulation Tests↗