Assessment of serum T3 and T4 levels in patients with chronic renal failure on regular dialysis

ABSTRACT

This study was performed on 20 patients with chronic renal failure on regular dialysis [15 patients on regular hemodialysis and 5 patients on routine peritoneal dialysis] all patients were clinically euthyroid. The aim of this work was to study the changes in total serum T3 and T4 levels, either before or after the setting of regular dialysis in patients with chronic renal failure. The present study revealed that there is no alteration in both total serum T3 or T4 levels in patients with chronic renal failure on both modalities of dialysis either after single or repeated settings. The present study also revealed that there is no relationship between serum levels of blood urea, serum creatinine, creatinine clearance or serum cholesterol to the serum levels of thyroid hormones