[Copper and ceruloplasmin concentrations in serum of infants with pneumonia]. / Stezenie miedzi i ceruloplazminy w surowicy niemowlat chorych na zapalenie pluc.

Copper constitute one of the most significant trace metal for the organism. Numerous biochemical processes depend on this element. It constitute component and activator of many enzymes. In blood serum copper is bound with ceruloplasmin. In this work the behavior of copper and ceruloplasmin concentration in blood serum in the course of pneumonia in infant was investigated. 36 infants aged 2 months trough 12 months with pneumonia were included in the study. The control group consisted of 14 healthy infants. Tests were conducted thrice in the group of sick infants. In the acute stage of pneumonia in sick infants the authors showed higher copper and ceruloplasmin concentration values. After the therapy ended the concentration of those values were similar to those in the control group.

[The evaluation of the psychosomatic development in children after infectious and idiopathic cholestatic jaundice in neonatal and infantile period]. / Ocena rozowju psychosomatycznego dzieci po przebytych zóltaczkach cholestatycznych o podlozu infekcyjnym i idiopatycznych okresu noworodkowego i wczesnoniemowlecego.

We carried out the analysis of psychomotoric and somatic development of 38 children after the period of 6--12 months since suffering from neonatal and infantile jaundice (infectious and idiopathic). We did not confirm retardation of the psychomotoric development in the examined group, however we confirmed deficiency of body mass in 45% of patients. Cholestatic jaundice in this group did not influence the children's. psychomotoric development significantly in the following years. It seems, that deficiency of the body mass of examined children after cholestatic jaundice is mostly dependent on the gestational and labour risk factors or small birth weight rather than on clinical course of disease and etiological factors of jaundice.

The influence of the non-specific desensitization on the formazan activity of granulocytes in children with an infectious form of the bronchial asthma.

The authors applied a bacterial vaccine subcutaneously and pernasally in 42 children with infectious allergic, bronchial asthma. After having applied the vaccine for 6 weeks there has been found a distinct improvement of all values of the N. B. T. reduction test, in particular after subcutaneous injections. The authors attribute these results to a recovery or to a decrease of the activity of inflammation foci.