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Atomic Absorbance Spectroscopy to Measure Intracellular Zinc Pools in Mammalian Cells
Published on: May 16, 2019
Observations on serum iron, zinc, copper and magnesium in intravenously fed patients with chronic sepsis
D P Taggart1, A Shenkin, G S Fell
1Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, Scotland.
Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|August 1, 1986
Abstract:
In a retrospective study of 176 people who received intravenous nutrition, eight developed a septic episode of at least 12 days duration. We investigated the metabolism of four essential elements (iron, zinc, copper and magnesium) in this group. Plasma concentrations of iron, copper and magnesium followed expected trends; unexpectedly the plasma concentration of zinc was maintained. The implications of these findings in relation to the septic patient are discussed.