[Influence of recombinant human growth hormone on body fluid compartments and water-sodium retention in severe burn patients].

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

To investigate the influence of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on body fluid compartments and water-sodium retention in severe burn patients.

Who Took Part

PubMed indexes the participants as teenagers, young adults, adults, middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

Thirty adult patients with severe burn were divided into treatment (T) and control (C) groups by block randomized design.

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized study.

The participants were allocated by chance, so the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) group and the comparison group should start out alike.

The total body water (TBW), intracellular water (ICW), extracellular water (ECW) were measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) on 7, 14, 21 PBD.

The 24 h urinary output of Na+ was determined by ion selective electrode method (ISE).

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are Body Fluid Compartments, Body Water, Burns, Edema, Electric Impedance, Extracellular Space and Human Growth Hormone.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 5 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2008 (Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns), a journal based in China.

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