[The behavior of atherogenic indices under the effect of growth hormone in postoperative disease]
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Comparative Analysis of Human Growth Hormone in Serum Using SPRi, Nano-SPRi and ELISA Assays
Published on: January 7, 2016
R M Martín Perandrés1, R Vara Thorbeck, M D Cano Parra
1Servicio de Cirugía General A, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada.
Objective:
It has been studied the effect of the growth hormone (GH) in the atherogenic indexes, during the postoperative period in 28 patients, operated for digestive surgery.
Method:
Patients were divided in: I) control group, patients without treatment, and II) treatment group, patients treated with 8 U.I. of GH during five days after the intervention.
Results:
Results show that, while in the control group the atherogenic values increased to pathologic levels, in the treatment group, these values stabilized in the physiological limits.
Conclusions:
Thus, these results let conclude to the beneficial antiatherogenic effect of growth hormone in the postoperative disease.
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