Thyroid function in the critically ill

Assessment of thyroid function in critically ill patients

The present study included 340 inpatients of SMI Hospital admitted during the period January 2014 to December 2014 to study thyroid hormone profile in critically ill patients. The patients with history of thyroid disorders or any family history of thyroid disorders were excluded from the study. Serum free triiodothyronine (fT3), free tetraiodothyronine (fT4) and TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone...

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

Immune Function in Critically Ill Dogs

BACKGROUND People with critical illness (CI) commonly develop various forms of immune dysfunction, however, there is limited information concerning immune dysfunction in dogs with CI. HYPOTHESIS The immune response in CI dogs differs from that of healthy dogs. ANIMALS Immunologic variables were compared between 14 dogs with CI, defined as APPLEfast score of >20 points, admitted to the Unive...

Evaluation of thyroid functions in critically ill infants.

The degree to which thyroid functions are affected by non-thyroid illness and an assessment of its correlation with mortality was evaluated. Thirty infants (20 M, 10 F) with a mean age of 433 +/- 3.28 months (+/- 1 SD), with severe acute systemic illness and 30 healthy controls, age and sex matched, were studied for total serum T3, T4 and TSH levels at admission and recovery or before death. Se...

probiotics in critically ill patients