• African health sciences · Jun 2018

    Thyroid function in healthy and unhealthy preterm newborns.

    • Gökten Korkmaz, Mustafa Özçetin, Yakup Çağ, Ufuk Yükselmiş, Volkan Öngel, and Olcay Işık.
    • Süleymaniye Maternity and Children Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul, Turkey.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2018 Jun 1; 18 (2): 378-383.

    BackgroundThe thyroid gland and hormonal regulation are among the most important systems to be investigated in pre-term infants. This study sought to investigate thyroid hormone levels of healthy and unhealthy pre-term infants.MethodsThe prospective study included 53 consecutive premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit within a duration of one year. Of these preterm babies, 20 were healthy, while 33 had problems such as asphyxia or RDS. Venous blood samples were collected at baseline 0-24 hours, 7 and 14 days and FT3, FT4, and TSH levels were determined. Other data recorded included demographic characteristics of the patients and clinical variables.ResultsThe most frequent health problems were RDS (87.9%), sepsis (30.3%), and retinopathy of prematurity (24.2%). The mean TSH levels showed a consistent decline at three consequent measurements in both groups, which were always significantly lower in unhealthy pre-terms. In both groups, TSH levels showed significant decreases on Day 7 and Day 14 compared to the baseline levels (p<005). The levels of FT3 and FT4 consistently showed significant correlations with gestational week and birth weight at each of the three measurements.ConclusionPre-term infants, especially those having problems, have significant hypothyroxinemia that may require thyroid hormone replacement therapy.

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