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Effect of Intensive Insulin Therapy on the Somatotropic Axis of Critically Ill Children

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2011

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Marijke Gielen, Dieter Mesotten, Michael P. Brugts, Willy Coopmans, Erik Van Herck, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Robert C. Baxter, Steven W. J. Lamberts, J. A. M. J. L. Janssen, Greet Van den Berghe
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

Despite improved PICU outcome, IIT did not counteract the catabolic state of critical illness. Suppression of portal insulin may have resulted in lower bioavailable IGF-I.

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