Can Cardiothymic Thoracic Ratio be a Marker of Mortality in Preterm Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

• প্রধান লেখক: Ram Narain Sehra (লেখক), Mahendra Kumar Palsania (লেখক), Chandan Verma (লেখক), Suniti Verma (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Introduction: Thymic size is measured as Cardiothymic: Thoracic ratio (CT/T ratio) in chest X-ray. In a state of stress, the thymus tissue rapidly involutes, owing principally to the thymocytolytic effect of glucocorticosteroids. Different pre and postnatal factors affect thymic size in neonates. Ai...