Thyroid Hormone Abnormalities in Hemodialyzed Patients: Low Triiodothyronine As Well As High Reverse Triiodothyronine Are Associated With Increased Mortality

Thyroid hormone abnormalities in hemodialyzed patients: low triiodothyronine as well as high reverse triiodothyronine are associated with increased mortality.

Numerous abnormalities of thyroid hormones in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been described. Our aim was to analyze the impact of these abnormalities on survival. In 167 hemodialyzed ESRD patients, TSH and thyroid hormone levels (T4, fT4, T3, fT3, rT3) were determined. The patients were then prospectively followed up for up to 5 years and the possible impact of any observed abnormalities o...

Thyroid Hormone Abnormalities in Haemodialyzed Patients: Low Triiodothyronine as well as High Reverse Triiodothyronine Are Associated with Increased Mortality

Department of Internal Medicine II, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Department of Nephrology, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague, Department of Gerontology and Metabolism, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Charles University in Pra...

Low Levels of Triiodothyronine in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Two patients with atypical low triiodothyronine syndrome: primary deiodinase abnormalities?

UNLABELLED Low triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in the presence of normal thyroxine (T4) and TSH levels, referred to as the low T3 syndrome (LT3S), are common. LT3S may be caused by starvation, various non-thyroidal illnesses (NTIs) and some medications. Reverse T3 (rT3) concentrations are elevated in the more severely ill, and they characteristically fail to respond to exogenous levothyrox...

Thyroid screening with triiodothyronine assay.

The relative independence of serum T-3 from changes in thyroid binding protein levels makes it a more effective screening test for hyper- and hypothyroidism than the T-4 assay alone. In fact, its efficiency is comparable to that of the free T-4 index.