Ahmed Mohamed Hanafy  <br/><br/>
Thyroid dysfunction relation to mortality in  critically ill patients :   Prospective observation study /  
 العلاقة بين وظائف الغدة الدرقية و معدل الوفيات فى مرضى الحالات الحرجة :    دراسة مستقبلية 
Ahmed Mohamed Hanafy ; Supervised Mohamed Aly Hamouda , Sally Salah Eldin Mohamed , Ayman Gaber Sedik  
 - Cairo :   Ahmed Mohamed Hanafy ,   2015 
 - 92 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine 
<br/><br/> During critical illness, changes in circulating hormonal levels are a  common phenomenon. These alterations are correlated with the severity  and outcome of patients in intensive care unit (ICU). Thyroid hormone  plays a key role in the maintenance of the body growth, modulating  metabolism and the immune system.  The aim of the study is to assess the relation between thyroid  dysfunction and mortality in critically ill patients and to assess the  strength of thyroid dysfunction as a predictor of mortality against  APACHE II score and CRP, also to assess the additive effect of low FT3  and high APACHE II score as a predictor of mortality    
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Critically Ill Patients  Mortality Thyroid dysfunction