Thyroid hormone levels and thei relationship to survival in children with bacterial sepsis and septic shock

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1435-1442

  Yildizdaş, Dinçer ^a   Önenli Mungan, Neslihan ^a   Yapicioǧlu, Hacer ^a   Topaloǧlu, Ali Kemal ^a   Sertdemir, Yaşar ^a   Yüksel, Bilgin ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Sepsis; Septic shock; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 7244253021     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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