The effect of short-term growth hormone treatment on growth and energy expenditure in burned children.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over), published as a controlled clinical trial.

To determine the effect of rhGH on energy requirements, resting energy expenditures (REE) were measured by indirect calorimetry and compared to values calculated from the Harris-Benedict equation.

Why It Was Studied

Delays in growth are commonly observed in children who have sustained a severe cutaneous burn.

If this is also the case in severely burned children, the low GH levels may contribute to their chronic growth delay.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 38 children taking part.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were young children, children and teenagers, both men and women.

What Was Measured

If this is also the case in severely burned children, the low GH levels may contribute to their chronic growth delay.

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Body Height, Burns, Child Development, Energy Metabolism, Human Growth Hormone, Injury Severity Score and Probability.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a controlled clinical trial of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in 38 children.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

The publication is from 2001 (Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries), a journal based in Netherlands.

More context: the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) compound page, all human trials.