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Fetal Blood/analysis , Fetal Distress/diagnosis , Meconium/metabolism , Adult , Blood Gas Analysis , Female , Heart Rate , Humans , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Infant, Newborn , Pregnancy , PrognosisABSTRACT
Sulprostone was given intramuscularly in two dose schedules of 0.5 mg at 4 hourly intervals for 8 doses and 1.0 mg at 8-hour intervals for 4 doses to 56 women in the 12th-20th week of gestation coming for termination of pregnancy. Forty-nine of them aborted within the 30-hour observation period, giving a success rate of 87.5%. Within the observation period, the induction-abortion interval with the 0.5-mg schedule was 16.6 hours while the interval with the 1.0-mg schedule was 15.4 hours. Side effects caused by the drug were minimal and it was observed that patients receiving 1.0 mg Sulprostone had slightly more side effects per person than in those cases receiving 0.5 mg Sulprostone. Serum parameters assessing liver and kidney functions were carried out in 48 patients prior to, 24 hours later and two weeks after the abortion. There were significant changes in the levels of uric acid, potassium, serum proteins and SGOT, though these changes were within the normal range.
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Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal/pharmacology , Abortifacient Agents/pharmacology , Dinoprostone/analogs & derivatives , Kidney/drug effects , Liver/drug effects , Prostaglandins E, Synthetic/pharmacology , Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal/administration & dosage , Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal/adverse effects , Abortion, Induced/methods , Female , Humans , Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Trimester, Second , Prostaglandins E, Synthetic/administration & dosage , Prostaglandins E, Synthetic/adverse effects , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Food preferences and feeding behaviour of abundant species of oribatid mites in a black pine plantation have been studied by soil sectioning technique. It is suggested that Microtritia minima, Rhysotritia duplicata and Phthiracarus sp. play an important role in the mechanical breakdown of decaying litter and, by contributing to the humification process, help in the accumulation of plant nutrients. Due to poor mobility their contribution to fungal spore dissemination is insignificant. Chamobates incisus was determined to be a fungivorous species while no exact information could be obtained about the precise food of Tectocepheus velatus. Rest of the species seemed to consume large quantities of decaying litter but in view of their low populations throughout, presumably they do not contribute appreciably in the humification process.The speed of decomposition of faecal pellets seemed to be governed by the type of food ingested. The role of oribatid fauna in the litter and soil ecosystems is discussed.
