Effects of ghrelin treatment on patients undergoing total hip replacement for osteoarthritis: different outcomes from studies in patients with cardiac and pulmonary cachexia

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Dec;56(12):2363-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02031.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase II
  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
  • Cachexia / drug therapy*
  • Cachexia / etiology*
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Ghrelin / therapeutic use*
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / complications*
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Ghrelin