Growth Hormone Replacement Delays the Progression of Chronic Heart Failure Combined With Growth Hormone Deficiency

Growth hormone in chronic heart failure.

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Acquired growth hormone resistance in patients with chronic heart failure: implications for therapy with growth hormone.

OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine whether growth hormone (GH) resistance is present in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and whether it may be linked to the biochemical response to GH treatment. BACKGROUND Acquired GH resistance is a feature of severe illness, in particular, cachexia. In patients with CHF, the response to GH therapy appears to be variable. METHODS Biochemical markers...

Comparison of Growth Parameters in Two Groups of Children with Chronic Renal Failure Treated with and without Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of growth hormone on growth parameters such as Z scores for height, weight, and body mass index (BMI), and height velocity in two groups of children with chronic renal failure (CRF) treated with and without growth hormone.Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted on all children aged 6 months to 16 years with a short ...

Growth hormone deficiency in adulthood and the effects of growth hormone replacement: a review. Growth Hormone Research Society Scientific Committee.

Growth hormone replacement therapy in adults with growth hormone deficiency; thrice weekly low dose administration.

Recent reports on growth hormone (GH) therapy have shown that GH has various beneficial effects in GH deficient adults. In most of these studies, GH was administered daily. Because GH is still expensive and has to be delivered by subcutaneous injection, we studied the 6-month therapeutic effects of thrice weekly GH injection therapy and compared it with daily therapy. Twenty eight adult patient...