The behavior of atherogenic indices under the effect of growth hormone in postoperative disease

OBJECTIVE: It has been studied the effect of the growth hormone (GH) in the atherogenic indexes, during the postoperative period in 28 patients, operated for digestive surgery. METHOD: Patients were divided in: I) control group, patients without treatment, and II) treatment group, patients treated with 8 U.I. of GH during five days after the intervention. RESULTS: Results show that, while in the control group the atherogenic values increased to pathologic levels, in the treatment group, these values stabilized in the physiological limits. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, these results let conclude to the beneficial antiatherogenic effect of growth hormone in the postoperative disease.