Low triiodothyronine (T3) state: A predictor of outcome in respiratory failure? Results of a clinical pilot study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 557-560

  Scoscia, Elvio ^b   Baglioni, Stefano ^b   Eslami, Amir ^b   Iervasi, Giorgio ^a   Monti, Simonetta ^a   Todisco, Tommaso ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; OXYGEN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALCULATION; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 9444295343     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510557     Document Type: Article

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