Thyroid Function, Inflammatory Response, and Glucocorticoids in COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic calls for extensive research on various medical topics. Since the beginning of the pandemic, multiple studies investigated the impact of SARS CoV-2 on thyroid function. However, crucial data, such as trend progression over time or influence of commonly used drugs, might still be missing. We checked the thyroid function in 174 patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19. Our research covered three separate time points of hospitalization (days 1, 4, and 10). We did not exclude patients treated with glucocorticoids but, instead, compared them with patients not treated with steroids. We correlated the results of thyroid function tests with markers of systemic inflammation. We checked if abnormal thyroid function can predict unfavorable outcomes defined as combined primar

SUBMITTER: Swiatkowska-Stodulska R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372619 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature