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

• 主要な著者: Ram Narain Sehra (著者), Mahendra Kumar Palsania (著者), Chandan Verma (著者), Suniti Verma (著者)
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• 出版事項: JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...