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Volume 15, Issue 4 (2023)
3 2023, 15(4): 447-452 |
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Received: 2024/02/1 | Accepted: 2024/03/4 | Published: 2023/04/15
Received: 2024/02/1 | Accepted: 2024/03/4 | Published: 2023/04/15
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Al-Barqaawi M, Al_Joubouri Z, Ibrahim S. Relationship of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients and Thyroid Dysfunction. 3 2023; 15 (4) :447-452
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1- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
2- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
3- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq. Post Box: 21 (asadsuaad@yahoo.com)
2- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
3- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Kufa, Najaf Governorate, Iraq. Post Box: 21 (asadsuaad@yahoo.com)
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Aims: Although vaccines have been developed for COVID-19, the virus continues to present problems to the health sector. The current study assessed thyroid function in all hospitalized patients diagnosed with the virus to ascertain whether COVID-19 infection was linked to thyroid function abnormalities.
Instrument & Methods: An observational cohort study was conducted on all COVID-19-positive patients hospitalized in the Al-Fourat Al-Awsat Hospital in Al-Kufa, Iraq, between September 2021 and April 2022. 208 potential patients were tested during this period, and 150 COVID-19 patients and 50 COVID-19-negative individuals were selected. A sample of blood was collected during hospitalization. A serum was used to determine the thyroid-stimulating hormone.
Findings: Hypertension, shortness of breath, diabetes, liver dysfunction, and cardiac and pro-inflammatory diseases were the most frequent comorbidities in COVID-19 patients. The association between COVID-19 and Control groups indicated a significant difference in age, body mass index, gender, systolic- and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, HbA1C, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase. Also, the analysis indicated a significant (p<0.001) difference between COVID-19 patients and the control group in the level of TSH.
Conclusion: Thyroid impairment is frequent in most individuals admitted to the hospital with a COVID-19 infection. Low thyroid-stimulating hormone level is a reliable indicator of poor prognosis in COVID-19-infected individuals.
Instrument & Methods: An observational cohort study was conducted on all COVID-19-positive patients hospitalized in the Al-Fourat Al-Awsat Hospital in Al-Kufa, Iraq, between September 2021 and April 2022. 208 potential patients were tested during this period, and 150 COVID-19 patients and 50 COVID-19-negative individuals were selected. A sample of blood was collected during hospitalization. A serum was used to determine the thyroid-stimulating hormone.
Findings: Hypertension, shortness of breath, diabetes, liver dysfunction, and cardiac and pro-inflammatory diseases were the most frequent comorbidities in COVID-19 patients. The association between COVID-19 and Control groups indicated a significant difference in age, body mass index, gender, systolic- and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, HbA1C, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase. Also, the analysis indicated a significant (p<0.001) difference between COVID-19 patients and the control group in the level of TSH.
Conclusion: Thyroid impairment is frequent in most individuals admitted to the hospital with a COVID-19 infection. Low thyroid-stimulating hormone level is a reliable indicator of poor prognosis in COVID-19-infected individuals.
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