ABSTRACT
23 cases of normal pregnancy were investigated for serum cholesterol, triglyceride and lipid profile in three trimesters of pregnancy and in the postnatal period. Thirty-three normal healthy non-pregnant women of the same age group formed the control group. A progressive rise was observed in serum triglyceride and cholesterol reaching the peak in the third trimester and a definite fall in the postnatal period compared to the antepartum level. Among the hyperlipidemias the major one was type IV in the first trimester, type IIb and type IV in the second trimester and type IIb in the third trimester and type IV again in the postnatal period. It was also noted that those who had an abnormal lipid profile in the first trimester continued to have abnormal lipid profile in the postnatal period.
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Lipids/blood , Lipoproteins/blood , Pregnancy , Cholesterol/blood , Female , Humans , India , Longitudinal Studies , Triglycerides/bloodABSTRACT
Serum potassium concentrations were measured after administration of suxamethonium (1 mg/kg body wt.) in 101 patients in whom anaesthesia was induced by one of five different techniques. There was a maximum increase in serum potassium of 21.4% following induction with trichloroethylene compared with 4.4% with nitrous oxide/oxygen. There was only small increases in serum potassium with halothane and chloroform. In an additional 10 patients who received tubocurarine (3 mg) before induction of anaesthesia with thiopentone, the maximum increase in serum potassium was 10.6% following suxamethonium. It is concluded that the increase in serum potassium following induction of anaesthesia is the result of a combined effect of the anaesthetic agent and suxamethonium.
