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Thyroid gland volumes in premature infants using serial ultrasounds
- Source :
- Journal of Perinatology. 38:1353-1358
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018.
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Abstract
- There is a gap in knowledge about the postnatal growth of thyroid gland in preterm infants. To determine postnatal growth of thyroid gland in preterm infants. Thyroid gland volume was calculated in 57 prospectively enrolled preterm infants by measuring serial longitudinal, antero-posterior, and transverse dimensions of thyroid gland with ultrasound. Data were analyzed by using the Wilcoxon and independent t test. There was a significant correlation between thyroid volume (TV) and birthweight (BW) (p = 0.01), and between TV and gestational age (p = 0.02). However, unexpectedly, 12 infants had a decrease in TV between the first and second ultrasounds. Infants with late onset bacterial sepsis had lower TVs on their second ultrasounds than infants without sepsis. Thyroid ultrasound in preterm infants provides noninvasive and quick approach to determine TV and morphology. TV in preterm infants correlates positively with BW and gestational age. However, postnatal growth of thyroid gland is variable and may seemingly be affected by postnatal factors.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Birth weight
Thyroid Gland
Gestational Age
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Late onset
Sepsis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Birth Weight
Humans
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Ultrasonography
Obstetrics
business.industry
Ultrasound
Thyroid
Infant, Newborn
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gestational age
medicine.disease
Thyroxine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Neonatal Sepsis
business
Infant, Premature
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14765543 and 07438346
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Perinatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....deed6efe1faded0ca0374f1ecbd98f34