Free thyroxin, free triiodothyronine and thyroid-stimulating hormone before and after hem dialysis in Saudi patients with end-stage renal disease : is there any difference?

• Published in: Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 917 - 921
• Main Authors: al-Zahrani, Fatimah, al-Shahhat, Husam al-Din, Babgy, Inas, Sabri, Ala A., al-Saran, Khalid A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation 2011
• Subjects: Diagnosis; Diseases; Kidneys; Thyroid gland; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine; الأمراض; التشخيص; الثيروكسين; الغدة الدرقية; الفشل الكلوي; الكلى; المرضى; الهرمونات; غسيل الكلى

Patients on regular hemodialysis (HD) suffer from a chronic illness that is believed not to involve the thyroid gland. However, they may have low levels of serum thyroxine (T4) and tri-iodo-thyronine (T3). It was found earlier that serum total T3 and free T4 concentrations were significantly higher...