Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · May 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialGrowth hormone does not affect albumin synthesis in the critically ill.
To study the effect of growth hormone (GH) on albumin synthesis in critically ill patients. ⋯ Albumin synthesis rates were consistently higher in the two groups of critically ill patients than previously reported values in healthy subjects. However, GH treatment for 5 days neither stimulated nor inhibited albumin synthesis rates in these critically ill patients.