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Switching on and Maintaining a Fuel Supply Flashcards

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How much glucose does a foetus near term use?
→ How does it cross the placenta?

What occurs with any excess glucose?

What is the dominant hormone in the foetus?
→ What does it do?

How does breast milk eventually meet the baby’s energy needs?

A
  • 5g Glucose/kg/day
    → Facilitated diffusion
  • Converted into Fat stores in 3rd Trimester by anabolic hormones, like Insulin
  • INSULIN
    → ↑Glucose uptake, Glycogenesis, Lipogenesis
    1. Little milk is produced at first
      1. Newborn meets energy demands (5g Glucose/kg/day) by using its fat stores
      2. Milk is later available as high-fat food; contains Lipase to help breakdown fat
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ENERGY STORES IN NEWBORN:
How does a newborn’s metabolic state adapt?

What occurs to the actions of Insulin after birth? What does this lead to?

What happens with Glucagon levels at birth? Why does this happen?
→ What is this called?
→ What does this do?

A
  • Goes from a foetal, anabolic state → neonatal, catabolic state
  • Anabolic actions of Insulin opposed by Catabolic hormones - Glucagon, Adrenaline, Cortisol, GH
    o This leads to the release of glucose from stores and breakdown of fats for energy
  • Huge RISE - Due to rapid fall in blood Glucose after cutting umbilical cord
    → POST-NATAL FAST
    → Activates Gluconeogenesis and Glycogenolysis, Lipolysis, and Ketogenesis
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DISORDERS OF METABOLISM:
What’s it like in a Preterm baby?

What’s it like in an IUGR baby?

What’s it like in a baby of a Diabetic mother? What does this lead to?
→ What else causes Congenital Hyperinsulinaemia? What are the signs seen here?

What can cause Counterregulatory (Catabolic) Hormone Deficiency?

A
  • • High demands with little nutrient stores
    • Underdeveloped metabolism
    • Poor fat absorption
  • High demands with little nutrient stores in Liver, Muscle, Fat
  • • High maternal glucose = High foetal glucose
    • Foetal and Neonatal Hyperinsulinaemia leads to excessive Anabolism (storage) = Macrosomia and Hypoglycaemia
    → Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome - Macroglossia, Macrosomia, Midline abdo. wall defects, Ear creases, Hypoglycaemia
  • • HPA-axis Insufficiency - e.g. due to Septo-optic Dysplasia
    • Waterhouse-Friederichsen Syndrome - Adrenal Haemorrhage → Adrenal Dysfunction secondary to Hypoxia/Sepsis
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INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM:
What is Type 1 Glycogen Storage Disease? What does this lead to?

What is Galactosaemia? What does this lead to?

What is MCAD (Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase) Deficiency?

A
  • Deficiency in G-6-Pase - Hypoglycaemia and Lactic Acidosis due to Anaerobic metabolism, Hepatomegaly when older
  • Deficiency in Gal-1-Pase = ↓Conversion of Galactose to Glucose, so Gal-1-P levels become Toxic = Hypoglycaemia, Jaundice, Poor feeding/Vomiting, Cataracts, Brain damage, Sepsis
  • Unable to use fatty acids for Gluconeogenesis = Hypoglycaemia
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