Support of the growth hormone-somatomedin system to facilitate healing.
We describe the role of growth hormone and somatomedins in the process of healing and discuss how nutrition, sleep, and stress affect this process. Nursing therapies to support healing are proposed and directions for further research are suggested.
Lee
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School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
Stotts
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D015444:Exercise; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012890:Sleep; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000502:physiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014945:Wound Healing
D013002:Somatomedins; D013006:Growth Hormone