Affiliation:
1. Post Graduate Student, department of General medicine KVG medical college and hospital, Sullia, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka.
2. HOD and professor department of General medicine KVG medical college and hospital, Sullia, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is one of the most common non-communicable disease with signicant
mortality and morbidity. Thyroid function abnormalities in chronic kidney disease are well known but there are few
studies conducted to establish a physiological link between the two conditions. Chronic kidney disease leads to permanent loss of nephrons
causing disturbance in the normal homeostasis of the body affecting very system of the body.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To study the prevalence of serum low T3 in patients with chronic kidney disease on conservative management.
2.To establish a clinical signicance between low T3 and severity of the disease.
METHODS: In this study, 65 patients of chronic kidney disease who were not on haemodialysis were randomly selected. After thorough history
and detailed examination, relevant investigations done,which includes blood investigations like renal function tests and an early morning sample
was taken to assess the thyroid function. The correlation between T3 levels and chronic kidney disease were studied. Alteration of RESULTS:
thyroid function is very common in CKD patients. Low T3 was widely prevalent among these patients amounting to 60% of the sample. It was
also evident that the serum T3 fell more severely with the progress of the disease. It is very important to screen all CKD patients CONCLUSION:
for thyroid function abnormalities. Low T3 values can be a useful.
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