| Title |
Product wastage from modern human growth hormone administration devices: a laboratory and computer simulation analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Medical Devices : Evidence and Research, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.2147/mder.s45909 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Richard F Pollock, Yujun Qian, Tami Wisniewski, Lisa Seitz, Anne-Marie Kappelgaard |
| Abstract |
Treatment of growth hormone disorders typically involves daily injections of human growth hormone (GH) over many years, incurring substantial costs. We assessed the extent of undesired GH loss due to leakage in the course of pen preparation prior to injection, and differences between the prescribed dose, based on patient weight, and the actual delivered dose based on pen dosing increments in five GH administration devices. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 5 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 12% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Researcher | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 24% |
| Unknown | 5 | 29% |
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