...Marja-Leena Pokela The effects of analgesia on plasma β-endorphin (β-E), serum cortisol and blood glucose responses were investigated in 20 distressed, mechanically ventilated neonates during the first 3 days of life. Morphine 0.1 mg/kg, meperidine 1 mg/kg or alfentanil 10 µg/kg were used...

...S. Ramanathan; Margarita M. Puig; Herman Turndorf Maternal venous (MV) and neonatal umbilical venous (UV) and umbilical arterial (UA) plasma β-endorphin concentrations were measured at birth in two groups of patients undergoing cesarean section (CS). Patients in group 1 carried a term gestation (n...

...Vincenzo Zanardo; Silvia Nicolussi; Carlo Giacomin; Diego Faggian; Flaviano Favaro; Mario Plebani β-Endorphin (β-EP) levels of colostral milk are approximately two-fold higher than in plasma of lactating women, in who concentrations peak at term, after the first and second stages of labor. We...