Open AccessAre Thyroid Functions Affected in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children?
Author(s) -
Ayşegül Elvan-Tüz,
İlkay Ayrancı,
Yıldız Ekemen Keleş,
İnanç Karakoyun,
Gönül Çatlı,
Ahu KaraAksay,
Eda KaradağÖncel,
Bumin Dündar,
Dilek Yılmaz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jcrpe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2022.2022-4-7
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , euthyroid sick syndrome , thyroid function , endocrine system , triiodothyronine , thyroid function tests , endocrine disease , thyroid disease , free thyroxine , gastroenterology , pediatrics , hormone
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), associated with Coronavirus disease-2019, is defined as the presence of documented fever, inflammation, and at least two signs of multisystem involvement and lack of an alternative microbial diagnosis in children who have recent or current Severe acute respiratory syndrome-Coronavirus-2 infection or exposure. In this study, we evaluated thyroid function tests in pediatric cases with MIS-C in order to understand how the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis was affected and to examine the relationship between disease severity and thyroid function.