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Thyrotropin and free thyroxine levels and coronary artery disease: cross-sectional analysis of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (5), 2018
Data on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and coronary artery disease (CAD) is scarce. We aimed to analyze the association between thyroid function and CAD using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). We included subjects with normal thyro...

Drug-induced hypothyroidism

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (5), 2017
The thyroid axis is particularly prone to interactions with a wide variety of drugs, whose list increases year by year. Hypothyroidism is the most frequent consequence of drug-induced thyroid dysfunction. The main mechanisms involved in the development of primary hypothyroidism are: inhibition of the syn...

Avaliação do teste do soro autólogo e do teste do plasma autólogo na urticária crônica espontânea

Objetivo: Comparar o teste do soro autólogo (TSA) e o teste do plasma autólogo (TPA) para o diagnóstico de autorreatividade em pacientes com urticária crônica espontânea (UCE) e avaliar sua relação com autoanticorpos antitireoidianos. Métodos: Cinquenta pacientes com UCE foram pareados por sexo ...

Efficacy and safety of a single radiofrequency ablation of solid benign non-functioning thyroid nodules

ABSTRACT Objective The objective of our study is to evaluate the clinical outcomes and safety of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) for benign thyroid nodules (BTNs) over a 1-year follow-up. Subjects and methods This is a monocentric retrospective study. Forty-eight patients with solid, non-functi...

Treatment of hypothyroidism with levothyroxine plus liothyronine: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effects of a unique fixed combination levothyroxine/liothyronine (LT4/LT3) therapy in patients with primary hypothyroidism. Subjects and methods This is a randomized, double-blind, crossover study. Adults with primary hypothyroidism (n = 32, age 42.6 ± 13.3, 30 fema...

TSH reference values in the first trimester of gestation and correlation between maternal TSH and obstetric and neonatal outcomes: a prospective Brazilian study

ABSTRACT Objective To define the normal range of TSH in the first trimester of gestation and to evaluate the correlation between maternal TSH and obstetric and neonatal outcomes. Subjects and methods Prospective study. Women without known or clinically suspected thyroid disease and without risk facto...

Hipotiroidismo y apnea del sueño

Acta méd. colomb; 41 (2), 2016
Resumen La salud es un derecho fundamental de todo ser humano, ya reconocido por la Ley Estatutaria de Salud (Ley 1751 de 2015). Esta ley devuelve la autonomía profesional al médico y para hacer buen uso de ella, debemos ejercer nuestra profesión dentro de un marco de autorregulación, ética, raciona...

Análisis de la relación entre los niveles de TSH y los componentes del síndrome metabólico en pacientes clínicos ambulatorios

VozAndes; 25 (1-2), 2014
Las alteraciones en los parámetros de la función tiroidea y el síndrome metabólico (SM) constituyen factores independientes de enfermedad cardiovascular aterosclerótica. Su coexistencia podría aumentar el riesgo cardiovascular. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la asociación entre una TSH s...

Cambios fisiológicos de la función tiroidea en el embarazo: bases para la interpretación de las pruebas tiroideas

Iatreia; 26 (2), 2013
Entender la fisiología tiroidea y sus cambios a lo largo de la gestación es fundamental para sospechar las enfermedades que afectan el funcionamiento del eje hipotálamo-hipófisistiroides y para interpretar adecuadamente las pruebas que lo evalúan. Son comunes las alteraciones en dichas pruebas duran...