Thyroid function in acute pancreatitis.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 90(1): 15-22, 1998 Jan.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9558943
OBJECTIVES: To analyze changes in the thyroid function in patients with acute pancreatitis. METHODS: Admission serum levels of triiodothyronine (T3), reverse triiodothyronine (rT3), thyroxine (T4) and thyrotropin (TSH) were determined in 20 patients with pancreatitis and 20 healthy control patients. Another group of 20 patients with upper digestive haemorrhage was included to study possible changes in the pattern of thyroid function in hemodynamic alterations. In addition, laboratory indicators of liver, renal and pancreatic functions were measured in all groups. RESULTS: Our results demonstrated low levels of T3 in 20% of patients with pancreatitis and increased rT3 levels in 75% of them. Thyrotropin was always among reference ranges and only one case presented a low level of T4. No significant alterations were detected in patients with upper digestive haemorrhage. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that pancreatitis may play a role in the genesis of these changes, since other factors such as diet and cellular hepatic alteration appear to have had no effect on the levels of thyroid hormones in these patients. In other studies those changes in the thyroid function can be relationed with the prognosis in acute pancreatitis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pancreatitis
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Glándula Tiroides
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Hormonas Tiroideas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
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Es
Revista:
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
España