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Postoperative Fall in Serum Zinc Concentrations Unaffected by Intravenous Zinc Therapy
Author(s) -
Jiang ZhuMing,
Yang NaiFa,
Jiao KaiSheng,
Zhu Yu,
Fei LiMin,
Tseng Hsienchiu
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607185009002196
Subject(s) - zinc , parenteral nutrition , medicine , enteral administration , urinary system , serum concentration , gastroenterology , anesthesia , chemistry , organic chemistry
The serum zinc levels and urinary zinc outputs before and after a middle severity operative trauma were investigated. The serum zinc concentration dropped markedly 6 hr after operation in both supplemented and nonsupplemented groups. It gradually returned to near normal without exogenous supplies of zinc. Provision of therapeutic doses of zinc could not prevent the abrupt dip of the serum zinc level. The possible mechanism of such changes are discussed briefly. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 9 :196–198, 1985)