An analysis of the clinical and cost effectiveness of growth hormone replacement therapy before and during puberty: should we increase the dose?
The influence of GH dose on height gain after puberty onset is at best a modest one. Cost analysis shows use of high doses of GH post-puberty onset has significant cost implications without providing a worthwhile gain in adult height for children with GH deficiency.
Colonic diverticulosis was associated with an increased ADR in patients undergoing first-time screening colonoscopy. The presence of colonic diverticulosis did not adversely affect the cecal intubation rate, scope insertion or withdrawal times, or sedation requirements.