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Oxandrolone In Trauma Patients, Jane M. Gervasio, Roland N. Dickerson, Jessica Swearingen, Mary E.D. Yates, Ceaminia Yuen, Timothy C. Fabian, Martin A. Croce, Rex O. Brown
Oxandrolone In Trauma Patients, Jane M. Gervasio, Roland N. Dickerson, Jessica Swearingen, Mary E.D. Yates, Ceaminia Yuen, Timothy C. Fabian, Martin A. Croce, Rex O. Brown
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Study Objective
To determine the effect of oxandrolone administration on nutritional and clinical outcomes after multiple trauma.
Design
Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Setting. Level 1 trauma center in a university teaching hospital.
Patients
Sixty-two patients requiring enteral nutrition, 60 of whom completed the study.
Intervention
Patients were randomized to receive either oxandrolone 10 mg or placebo twice/day for a maximum of 28 days.
Measurements and Main Results
Total urinary nitrogen, prealbumin, nitrogen balance, total body water, and body cell mass were measured on day 1 of enteral nutrition and then at day 7, day 10, and study exit. Patients …
Nutrition, Health And Old Age: The Case Of Urban South African Elderly, Karen E. Charlton
Nutrition, Health And Old Age: The Case Of Urban South African Elderly, Karen E. Charlton
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The southern African region (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique and Zimbabwe) has the continent's highest percentage of older inhabitants; 6.2% of the population in 1997 was estimated to be 60 years or older. Within southern Africa, South Africa has the highest proportion of older population. The 1996 census data estimate that 2.8 million South Africans are aged 60 years and older, which constitutes 7% of the total population. This percentage is projected to increase to almost 11% of the population over the next 20 years. (Mostert W, Hofmeyr B, Oosthuizen K Demographic projections for South Africa. Pretoria: Human …