title: Hormone response in gynecologic surgery.
abstract: We measured plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP), plasma renin activity (PRA), human growth hormone (HGH), immunoreactive insulin (IRI), and blood glucose in 25 gynecologic inpatients. Six were undergoing dilatation and curettage (Group 1), nine were undergoing hysterectomy (Myomata uteri) and receiving acetated Ringer's lactate without glucose (Group 2), and ten were undergoing hysterectomy and receiving acetated Ringer's lactate in 5% glucose (Group 3). The measurements were made the night before the operation, during the operation, and postoperatively. Plasma AVP did not change significantly in Group 1, but it increased in both Groups 2 and 3. PRA showed no significant changes in any group studied. HGH decreased slightly at the end of the operation in Groups 1 and 2, but it increased significantly in Group 3 in the recovery room 1 h after surgery. Blood glucose and insulin remained at normal levels in Groups 1 and 2, but they increased significantly in Group 3. We believe that stress was caused more by greater surgical trauma than by the depth of anesthesia and anesthetic agents in Groups 2 and 3, when compared to Group 1; this is a possible mechanism of the increased AVP secretion. Acetated Ringer's lactate without glucose appeared to cause a more physiologic response during gynecologic surgery than did acetated Ringer's lactate in 5% glucose.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D012083:Renin