Open AccessLong-term results of the effect of radioactive iodine-131 therapy in patients with thyrotoxicosis on the content of acetone bodies in the blood
Author(s) -
V. P. Dzhanpoladova
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj91024
Subject(s) - acetone , iodine , radioactive iodine , thyroid , radioiodine therapy , medicine , thyroid function , nuclear medicine , gastroenterology , endocrinology , radiochemistry , chemistry , biochemistry , thyroid cancer , organic chemistry
From 1955 to 1958 inclusively, we studied the content of acetone bodies in the blood of 56 patients with thyrotoxicosis treated with radioactive iodine-131 with a half-life of 8 days. The function of the thyroid gland in all patients was increased to one degree or another. We have established an increase, up to significant, in the level of acetone bodies in the blood in 24 out of 25 patients with a severe form of thyrotoxicosis and in most cases with an average form.