Does thyrotropin-releasing hormone increase the amount of surfactant in lung lavage from fetal rabbits?
TRH has a physiologic role in fetal lung maturation and surfactant production. It may potentially be used in the prevention of the respiratory distress syndrome in humans.
In children with DKA, initial conscious level is closely related to pH and weakly to age, but not to BG or plasma sodium level. Thus cerebral function in DKA is related to severity of acidosis even when there is no evidence of cerebral edema.