Thyroid hormones; plasma level in critical ill patients need prolonged mechanical ventilation

• Main Authors: Abdelazim A.T Hegazy (Author), Essam A Mostafa (Author), Abdel N Ahmed Hussein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Thyroid function usually downregulates during stressful conditions. Thyroid dysfunction is associated with the mortality of patients under mechanical ventilation (MV) in the ICU. Aim The aim of this study was to measure the thyroid hormonal level in the plasma of critical ill patients on...