Università della Svizzera italiana

Maintenance fluid therapy with saline, dextrose-supplemented saline or lactated Ringer in childhood: short-term metabolic effects

Ricciuti, Alessandra ; Milani, Gregorio P. ; Tarantino, Silvia ; Ghilardi, Roberta ; Lava, Sebastiano A.G. ; Alberzoni, Marco ; Bianchetti, Mario G. ; Agostoni, Carlo

In: Nutrients, 2020, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 8 p

Maintenance with isotonic fluids is recommended in children with gastroenteritis and failure of oral rehydration therapy. However, little is known on the short-term effects of the commonly prescribed intravenous solutions on metabolic balance in children. The aim of this study is to report on our experience with normal saline, dextrose-supplemented saline and lactated Ringer solution. Methods:...

Université de Fribourg

Food vs money? Effects of hunger on mood and behavioral reactivity to reward in anorexia nervosa

Piccolo, Mayron ; Milos, Gabriella ; Bluemel, Sena ; Schumacher, Sonja ; Müller-Pfeiffer, Christoph ; Fried, Michael ; Ernst, Monique ; Martin-Soelch, Chantal

In: Appetite, 2019, vol. 134, p. 26-33

BACKGROUND: Previous studies using neuroimaging and behavioral measures reported altered reward processing in anorexia nervosa (AN). In addition, anhedonia states are frequently reported in AN, potentially due to the physiological stress produced by the permanent starvation. We investigated the effect of fasting and satiety on mood and reaction times to monetary rewards in AN patients and healthy...

Université de Fribourg

The circadian clock, metabolism and obesity

Albrecht, Urs

In: Obesity Reviews, 2017, vol. 18, no. S1, p. 25–33

In the last decades, obesity has been on the rise becoming a burden for health care systems. The reasons behind this rise are most likely caused by lifestyle rather than by an increase in gene mutations, because manifestations of genetic alterations would take longer than just a few decades. Lifestyle has a great impact on the circadian system and therefore on the body internal organization...