TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth hormone and pulmonary disease
T2 - Metabolic effects in patients receiving parenteral nutrition
AU - Suchner, Ulrich
AU - Rothkopf, Michael M.
AU - Stanislaus, Galen
AU - Elwyn, David H.
AU - Kvetan, Vladamir
AU - Askanazi, Jeffrey
PY - 1990/6
Y1 - 1990/6
N2 - Six severely malnourished patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were maintained for 3 days with infusions of 5% dextrose in water followed by 12 days of eucaloric total patenteral nutrition. On days 8 through 11, they received 30 μg/d of growth hormone and twice this amount on days 11 through 15. Growth hormone had no significant effects on the plasma concentration of glucose, cortisol, or glucagon but caused a 50% increase in insulin and a 250% increase in somatomedin C concentrations. A positive nitrogen balance of 2 g/d due to growth hormone was probably mediated by insulin. Growth hormone-induced increases in energy expenditure and fat oxidation and decrease in glucose oxidation cannot be accounted for by insulin. The ability of growth hormone to improve nitrogen balance may be particularly important for malnourished patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who, because of their pulmonary insufficiency, are intolerant of excess nutrients.
AB - Six severely malnourished patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were maintained for 3 days with infusions of 5% dextrose in water followed by 12 days of eucaloric total patenteral nutrition. On days 8 through 11, they received 30 μg/d of growth hormone and twice this amount on days 11 through 15. Growth hormone had no significant effects on the plasma concentration of glucose, cortisol, or glucagon but caused a 50% increase in insulin and a 250% increase in somatomedin C concentrations. A positive nitrogen balance of 2 g/d due to growth hormone was probably mediated by insulin. Growth hormone-induced increases in energy expenditure and fat oxidation and decrease in glucose oxidation cannot be accounted for by insulin. The ability of growth hormone to improve nitrogen balance may be particularly important for malnourished patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who, because of their pulmonary insufficiency, are intolerant of excess nutrients.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2112905
AN - SCOPUS:0025325641
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 150
SP - 1225
EP - 1230
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 6
ER -