Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) has been increasingly observed among patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke, and central nervous system infection, aside from the subgroup of patients with pituitary tumors. When left untreated, these patients have a significantly increased risk to develop cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and impaired psychosocial function. Existing treatment guidelines on AGHD have recommended the use of growth hormone (GH) replac...