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J Pediatr Intensive Care
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757477
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Correlation of Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome with Extubation Outcome in Mechanically Ventilated Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

Tarek A. Abdelaziz 
1   Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
,
Mohamed Mahmoud Romih
1   Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
,
Weaam Ibrahim Ismail
2   Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
,
Khadija A.L. Mabrouk Emhalhal
1   Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
,
Eman Gamal Baz
1   Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Abstract

This study aimed to assess the relationship between non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) and extubation outcomes in pediatric patients requiring mechanical ventilation. This prospective cohort study included 59 patients who underwent mechanical ventilation in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care university hospital from July 2020 to June 2021. Each patient underwent laboratory testing including serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free T3 (fT3), free T4 (fT4), and reverse T3 (rT3) on the first and third days of mechanical ventilation. On the first day of mechanical ventilation, 62.7% of patients had low fT3, which significantly increased to 78% of patients on the third day. In comparison to values on day one, median levels of fT3 and fT4 significantly decreased and rT3 significantly increased on day three. However, no significant differences were found in the median TSH levels over the same time span. Thirty-five patients (59%) survived while 24 patients (41%) did not survive. Compared with survivors, non-survivors had significantly higher median serum TSH levels on day one, while all other thyroid function tests assays did not significantly differ between days one and three. Of note, serum TSH, fT3, fT4, and rT3 levels, on the first and third days, did not differ significantly between patients who experienced extubation failure and extubation success. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine thyroid function values in mechanically ventilated children to determine their correlation with extubation outcomes. In this study, NTIS did not correlate with extubation outcomes in critically ill children undergoing mechanical ventilation.

Keywords

extubation outcome - mechanical ventilation - nonthyroidal illness syndrome - reverse T3 - thyroid hormones

Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate

The study was approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB) [ZU-IRB#7013/26–6-2020]. The IRB agreed that the study was within the ethical guidelines as outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The parent(s) of each patient provided informed written consent for their children to participate in this study.


Availability of Data and Materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.


Authors' Contributions

T.A.A. conceived the study, participated in design of the study, data collection, evaluation, analysis, interpretation of the data and drafting of the manuscript. M.M.R. conceived the study, participated in design of the study, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the data. W.I.I. conceived the study, participated in design of the study, assisted in data collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, and drafting of the manuscript. E.G.B. conceived the study, participated in design of the study, data collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the data and drafting of the manuscript. K.A.M. participated in design of the study, data collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.




Publication History

Received: 13 July 2022

Accepted: 19 August 2022

Article published online:
11 October 2022

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