Influence of bilirubin on the antioxidant capacity of plasma in newborn infants

S Bélanger, JC Lavoie, P Chessex - Neonatology, 1997 - karger.com
… The level of significance was set at p<0.05. … There was a drop (p <0.01) in TEAC after
exchange transfusion. … Figure 1shows that the plasma antioxidant capacity decreased (p <0.01) …

Admixture of a multivitamin preparation to parenteral nutrition: the major contributor to in vitro generation of peroxides

JC Lavoie, S Bélanger, M Spalinger, P Chessex - Pediatrics, 1997 - publications.aap.org
… In the presence of MVI, the peroxide content rose significantly over time (P < .001), and the
exposure to daylight had a rapid and dramatic effect on stimulating peroxide generation (P < .…

Elevated umbilical cord ghrelin concentrations in small for gestational age neonates

…, ACK Wong, R Wach, P Chessex… - The Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Ghrelin has orexigenic effects. It is present in umbilical cord plasma in full-term neonates,
raising the prospect that ghrelin plays a role in fetal and neonatal energy balance. We …

Gender and maturation affect glutathione status in human neonatal tissues

JC Lavoie, P Chessex - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 1997 - Elsevier
… The viability was greater with the shorter incubation time (p < .05); TBH produced a significant
(p < .01) cytotoxicity, at the higher concentration; overall, female-derived cells showed a …

Association between hypothermia and mortality rate of premature infants—revisited

J Hazan, U Maag, P Chessex - American Journal of Obstetrics & …, 1991 - ajog.org
The incidence of hypothermia (axillary temperature <35C) on admission of an infant to a
neonatal intensive care unit was retrospectively analyzed in 559 very-low-birth-weight (<1500 …

Shielding parenteral nutrition from light improves survival rate in premature infants: A meta‐analysis

P Chessex, S Laborie, N Nasef… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… The opposing findings on mortality between Sherlock and Chessex 17 and this meta-analysis …
Lavoie contributed to the analysis of the data; P. Chessex drafted the manuscript; and S. …

Influence of postnatal age, energy intake, and weight gain on energy metabolism in the very low-birth-weight infant

P Chessex, BL Reichman, GJE Verellen, G Putet… - The Journal of …, 1981 - Elsevier
… Significant linear correlations are demonstrated between metabolic rate and both energy
intake (r=0.88, P<0.001) and weight gain (r=0.86, P<0.001). For each gram of weight gain, 0.67 …

Diet, fat accretion, and growth in premature infants

B Reichman, P Chessex, G Putet… - New England journal …, 1981 - Mass Medical Soc
To compare the growth and accumulation of protein, fat, and carbohydrate in the formula-fed
premature infant and in the fetus of a similar postconceptional age, we performed 22 …

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxical role of ascorbic acid and riboflavin in solutions of total parenteral nutrition: implication in photoinduced peroxide generation

S Laborie, JC Lavoie, P Chessex - Pediatric research, 1998 - nature.com
In the presence of light, a multivitamin preparation is the main source of peroxides in solutions
of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). This preparation contains two photosensitive products, 5…

Determinants of oxidant stress in extremely low birth weight premature infants

P Chessex, C Watson, GW Kaczala, T Rouleau… - Free Radical Biology …, 2010 - Elsevier
… The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. … ≥ 25% exhibited a significantly more oxidized
redox potential (**p < 0.001). LE and LP regimens protected against this effect of oxygen. …