- Author
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Pearson, E.
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Soroff, H. S.
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Prudden, J. F.
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Balikov, B.
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Besch, P. K.
- Title
- Studies on Growth Hormone. Part 3. The Effect of Growth Hormone on the Mineral and Nitrogen Balances of Burn Patients.
- Coporate
- Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
- Report
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Research Report No. 4-56
March 1956
28 p.
- Keywords
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burns (injuries)
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patients
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medical services
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thermal burns
- Abstract
- Under the stated conditions, growth hormone caused a tendency toward retention of nitrogen, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and chloride. This was not a uniform phenomenon, there being some metabolic periods in which there was a greater loss of the elementswhen the GH was given. Also, there were a considerable number of balances in which a statistically significant effect of the hormone was not demonstrable and any observed change could not be separated from the change in intake. Further studies are in progress to separate the effects of changing intake and time postburn from the effects of the growth hormone on nitrogen, potassium, and sodium metabolism.