Open AccessA prospective randomized clinical study of perioperative oral thyroid hormone treatment for children undergoing surgery for congenital heart diseases
Author(s) -
Alok Kumar,
Nikhil Tiwari,
H. Ravi Ramamurthy,
Vivek Kumar,
Gaurav Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_193_20
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , placebo , thyroid , ejection fraction , hemodynamics , inotrope , anesthesia , triiodothyronine , surgery , cardiology , heart failure , alternative medicine , pathology
Thyroid hormone deficiency is known to occur after cardiac surgery and known as nonthyroid illness (NTI). The beneficial role of perioperative thyroid hormone supplementation in children has been debatable more so with oral supplementation.