[Infusion solutions in parenteral nutrition]. / Infusionslösungen zur parenteralen Ernährung.

Of the GDR standard assortment of infusion solutions those are discussed and explained which are used for the parenteral nutrition. The solutions mentioned are supplemented by several comparable preparations from the FRG. The standard assortment comprises industrially produced solutions of the native country and import preparations as well as adequate dispensings of the 2nd pharmacopoeia of the GDR and the available prescriptions of standard dispensings for the individual making in institutions of the pharmaceutical service.

[Parenteral feeding of surgical patients]. / Ein Beitrag zur parenteralen Ernährung des chirurgischen Kranken.

1. Under stress an increased amount of labelled amino acids is incorporated. 2. Under the conditions of stress amino acids too participate in the process of synthesis. 15N-glycine was used as tracer in a quantity of 0.64 g of amino acid and 24 kcal per kg per day, that is at a 0.027 g per kcal. hour infusion rate, so that the infused 15N corresponded to 75% of the total residual nitrogen in healthy subjects and 57% in operated patients. 3. Sixteen percent of the infused 15N is secreted with the urine of healthy subjects as urine nitrogen, and 57% as urine nitrogen and 4--5% as ammonia nitrogen with the urine of the operated cases. 4. In contrast to normal conditions, under stress a higher percentage of the infused amino acids participates in energy production. 5. Stress enhances uropoiesis as in regards both quantity and speed. 6. No difference in acid-base balance was found in the case of postoperative infusion; urinary and plasma concentrations remained within normal limits.