Two preterm infants with late onset circulatory collapse induced by levothyroxine sodium

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Takizawa, Fumihiko ^a   Kashimada, Kenichi ^b,c   Enomoto, Keisuke ^a   Miyai, Kentaro ^b   Ono, Makoto ^a   Asada, Goro ^a   Shimizu, Junichi ^a   Mizutani, Shuki ^b  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Circulatory collapse; Hypothyroidism; Levothyroxine sodium (L T4); Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; INSULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; SURFACTANT; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; APNEA ATTACK; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; INFUSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBE FEEDING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953630457     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03072.x     Document Type: Article

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