title: [The relationship between rhGH and blood sugar on different ages of severe degree burned patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Probe the effects of rhGH on severe degree burned patients' blood sugar in different age of years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Elected 210 patients hospitalized in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College from January 2005 to December 2008, who were burned in 48 h, older than 18 years, ever had no diabetes and tumor history and placidly pull through shock stage. Among the patients there were 132 males and 78 females. The age was from 18 to 65 years old, average (40.7 +/- 7.2) years old. The extent of burn were form TBSA 25% to TBSA 86%, average TBSA (40.4 +/- 12.5)%. The depths of burn were from superficial second degree to third degree. All of the total divided into A (18 - 44 years old) and B (> 45 years old)groups. Each group had 105 patients. Two groups were randomly divided into A(1), A(2), A(0) and B(1), B(2), B(0) groups. Each group had 35 patients. The A(1) and B(1) groups were used 0.15 U/(kg.d) growth hormone (Somatropin, S19990021), A(2) and B(2) groups were used 0.2 U/(kg.d) growth hormone, A(0) and B(0) groups were used NS as control. Observed and analyzed the change of blood sugar and insulin amount used in 210 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of all the patients in 6 groups, there were 190 patients finished the experimentation in four weeks. The insulin amount of A(1), A(2), A(0) groups used were (2123.3 +/- 152.3), (2885.6 +/- 148.5), (724.1 +/- 31.1) U, B(1), B(2), B(0) group were (2715.1 +/- 95.3), (3652.2 +/- 198.1), (801.8 +/- 22.2) U. The consequence showed that the number need insulin to control blood sugar in B group was more than A group, as well as using 0.2 U/(kg.d) does to 0.15 U/(kg.d) does, and using growth hormone to no using(P < 0.01). The time that blood sugar of A(1), A(2), B(1), B(2) group recovered to normal range without using insulin were (5.11 +/- 0.82), (4.93 +/- 0.89), (5.2 +/- 0.65), (5.13 +/- 1.02) d (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The blood sugar's alteration has positive correlation with the age of years and the does of rhGH. As long as normative using rhGH it doesn't induce diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Burn Department, Third Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325200, China.
authors.forename: Jiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-chun
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhi-jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Guo-liang
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Jian-wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xue-mian
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D019382:Human Growth Hormone