Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for the treatment of postoperative respiratory failure in surgical patients / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo study the effect of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on postoperative patients on mechanical ventilation.Methods Forty postoperative respiratory failure patients on mechanical ventilation were treated by rhGH 8?IU injection subcutaneously QD.ResultsThe time of mechanical ventilation of rhGH group was (30?12)?d, compared with that in 40 control patients (39?13)?d (t=2 538,P