Cardiac Death Risk in Diabetic Haemodialysis Patients Increased Due to Thyroid Problems
Cardiovasc. j. Afr. (Online)
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25(4): 157-2014.
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1260443
ABSTRACT
A prospective study found that diabetic haemodialysis patients' subclinical hyperthyroidism and euthyroid sick syndrome might increase the risk of sudden cardiac-related deaths. Dr Christiane Drechsler; of University Hospital Wurzburg in Wurzburg; Germany; and colleagues conducted a study that included 1 000 patients undergoing haemodialysis for diabetes. Of those patients; 78.1 had euthyroidism; 13.7 had subclinical hyperthyroidism; 1.6 had subclinical hypothyroidism and 5.4 had euthyroid sick syndrome
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Euthyroid Sick Syndromes
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Renal Dialysis
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Death
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Hyperthyroidism
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Cardiovasc. j. Afr. (Online)
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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