Maternal and umbilical cord plasma purine concentrations after oral carbohydrate loading prior to elective Cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of preoperative intake of oral carbohydrates versus standard preoperative fasting prior to elective cesarean delivery on plasma purine levels (hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) and beta-hydroxybutyrate (β-HB) in mother's blood plasma and umbilical cord blood plasma.

Authors

  • Katarzyna Kotfis
    Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland. katarzyna.kotfis@pum.edu.pl.
  • Dominika Jamioł-Milc
    Department of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland. dominika.jamiol.milc@pum.edu.pl.
  • Arleta Wojciechowska
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Aleksandra Szylińska
    Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.
  • Arleta Drozd
    Department of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Małgorzata Zimny
    Department of Obstetrics and Pregnancy Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Barbara Dołęgowska
    Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Sebastian Kwiatkowski
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Violetta Dziedziejko
    Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
  • Krzysztof Safranow
    Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.