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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 19-24 |
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Thyroid dysfunction in patients of hemorrhagic stroke
Apurva Pande, Vijay Kumar Goel, Amit Rastogi, Abhinav Gupta
Department of Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Apurva Pande
Department of Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut - 250 005, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-0354.159531
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Introduction: Alteration in the thyroid profile has been associated with occurrence of stroke. A lot of work is being done all over the world in order to establish a link between the two events. Materials and Methods: In the present study the variation in the thyroid profile of the patients presenting within 48 hrs of an acute hemorrhagic stroke were studied. Results: Of the 185 patients included in the study, 124 had nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS), 35 were euthyroid, 15 were hyperthyroid, eight had subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), and three had hypothyroidism. A low free triiodothyronine (FT3) level was associated with unfavorable outcome as accessed by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Scandinavian Stroke Scale (SSS) scoring. Conclusion: In the present study involving patients of acute hemorrhagic stroke, high mortality rates were observed in patients with a low FT3 and free thyroxine (FT4). |
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