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On the basis of recent pathophysiological data and clinical observations in three patients, this paper draws attention to the commonly neglected importance of postoperative hypoproteinemia as the cause of an edema of the intestinal wall with a consequent "interstitial" paralytic ileus. The characteristic features of this syndrome are its onset between the third and the eighth postoperative day; the absence of other known causes of intestinal hypomotility; the benign, but protracted course without treatment; and the therapeutic success achieved by the correction of a hypoproteinemic fluid overload with concentrated albumin and a diuretic. In addition, parenteral hyperalimentation and Rheomacrodex-Sorbit may be indicated, but the hypoproteinemia should at any rate be corrected.
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PMID:[Hypoproteinemia causing postoperative "interstitial" paralytic ileus]. 58 62

The value of immediate postoperative enteral hyperalimentation with an elemental diet (high nitrogen Vivonex, full strength) at 125 cc per hour for 4 days was assessed in patients after radical urological surgery. Of 32 patients studied 21 received an elemental diet using a Vivonex Moss tube, which is a 3-lumen tube with esophagogastric decompression and simultaneous duodenal feeding, and the remaining 11 had a nasogastric tube only without nutritional support. We have used a selected group of parameters, including serum albumin, serum transferrin, creatinine height index, weight loss, total lymphocyte count, nitrogen balance and plasma fibronectin. All patients in the Moss tube group approached or achieved positive nitrogen balance by 4 days postoperatively, whereas the nasogastric tube group remained in negative nitrogen balance. Postoperative paralytic ileus was prevented in the majority of patients in the Moss tube group while receiving full nutritional support. We have found that the use of the Moss tube is a reasonable approach for postoperative alimentation. The tube is relatively easy to insert and well tolerated, and its use is a less expensive alternative to parenteral hyperalimentation.
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PMID:Immediate postoperative feeding in urological surgery. 642 79

There are few descriptions about the clinical course of children with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF). We reported a girl who was diagnosed as having MERRF at 10 years of age and developed various clinical manifestations including chronic respiratory failure, paralytic ileus and pancytopenia at 18 years of age. Administration of cytochrome c worsened lactic acidosis and muscle weakness, while intravenous hyperalimentation with copper supplementation gradually improved these findings as well as pancytopenia. Cytochrome c oxidase is a copper dependent enzyme. Its activity is extremely low in MERRF patients. It was suspected that deficiency of serum copper and supplementation of cytochrome c worsened the clinical symptoms of our patient.
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PMID:[A case of childhood onset myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers--with special reference to various clinical manifestations]. 1223 56