Beneficial effects of extended growth hormone treatment after hospital discharge in pediatric burn patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 796-801

  Przkora, Rene ^a   Herndon, David N ^a   Suman, Oscar E ^a   Jeschke, Marc G ^a   Meyer, Walter J ^a   Chinkes, David L ^a   Mlcak, Ronald P ^a   Huang, Ted ^a   Barrow, Robert E ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO; SOMATOMEDIN C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INJURY SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURNS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745309605     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000219676.69331.fd     Document Type: Article

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