Abstract

LAVAREDAS, A.; PUERTA, R. de la  and  ALVAREZ DEL VAYO, C.. Programme review of somatropin deficit in pediatrics at the Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Farm Hosp. [online]. 2013, vol.37, n.2, pp.161-165. ISSN 2171-8695.  https://dx.doi.org/10.7399/FH.2013.37.2.465.

Object: To develop a program review of somatropin deficit, applied in pediatrics at the Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, using two groups of patients. the ones diagnosed with deficiency of this hormone, and those born small for gestational age, with the intention of evaluating its effectiveness in the first year of treatment. Method: Attaining a retrospective study of the cohort of patients treated with growth hormone under the above diagnoses, with cross-sectional and observational methodology, to which we applied a statistical analysis with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences^®. Results: After the beginning of the treatment, the growth rate had increased and the bone age approximated to the chronologic age. In the two treated groups in the first year of treatment were the female patients aged between 0 to 12 years with a deficit of growth hormone who responded better to therapy. Conclusions: We observed that the treatment instituted appeared highly effective in both groups of patients, allowing a favorable increase in height.

Keywords : Growth; Evolution; Effectiveness; Somatropin; Treatment.

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