title: Serum activity of ornithine carbamoyl transferase in patients operated with jejunoileal bypass for extreme obesity after pretreatment with aminoacids.
abstract: Increased blood level of the liver specific enzyme ornithine carbamoyl transferase (OCT) is known to be a sensitive indicator of liver cell damage. The effect of preoperative aminoacid infusion to obese patients before jejunoileal bypass due to obesity was studied in 7 patients. They had a significantly lower rise on OCT than eight patients receiving only 5.5% glucose. The result seems to indicate that the liver in an obese patient undergoing abdominal surgery is protected against damage by an infusion of aminoacids.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005947:Glucose / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase / Q000097:blood*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase; D005947:Glucose