%0 Journal Article %T Use of anabolic steroid therapy in critically ill ICU patients %A J Pikul %A MD Sharpe %J Critical Care %D 2003 %I BioMed Central %R 10.1186/cc1903 %X Eight of 10 patients exhibited a good response to AS, with attainment of positive nitrogen balance and improvement in skeletal and visceral protein levels. AS may be useful as adjunctive therapy for malnourished, critically ill patients for protein repletion. %U http://ccforum.com/content/7/S2/P014