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  • Title: Thyroid function surveillance in CAPD patients.
    Author: Dumler F, Bello MJ, Cruz C, Gotaas KA, Macks H.
    Journal: Adv Perit Dial; 1995; 11():225-8. PubMed ID: 8534710.
    Abstract:
    We monitored thyroid function in 75 peritoneal dialysis patients (55 +/- 15 years). A total of 20 (27%) were hypothyroid; 9 were diagnosed about the time of initiation of dialysis, and 11 prior to onset of renal failure. Thyroid function surveillance found an increase in serum thyrotropin (TSH) concentration to hypothyroid values in only one patient. On replacement therapy serum thyroxine was similar in euthyroid and hypothyroid patients (6.94 +/- 1.69 vs 6.52 +/- 1.65 micrograms/dL, respectively; p = 0.380), but TSH was higher in hypothyroid patients (5.61 +/- 5.67 vs 2.59 +/- 1.49 microU/mL, respectively; p = 0.001). Serum creatinine (8.6 +/- 3.1 vs 11.4 +/- 5.1 mg/dL, respectively; p = 0.049) and albumin concentrations (3.76 +/- 0.47 vs 3.33 +/- 0.71 g/dL, respectively; p = 0.006) were lower in hypothyroid than euthyroid patients. Hyperthyroid patients had higher serum triglyceride concentrations than euthyroid patients (306 +/- 176 vs 189 +/- 122 mg/dL, respectively; p = 0.013). Parathyroid hormone (PTH) was lower in hypothyroid than normothyroid patients (108 +/- 80 vs 261 +/- 265 pg/mL, respectively; p = 0.032). No differences were observed in serum calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase. We conclude that hypothyroidism is common in peritoneal dialysis patients, usually antedates dialysis therapy, results in lower serum albumin and creatinine concentrations and higher serum triglyceride concentrations, is associated with lower serum PTH concentrations, and that thyroid function surveillance is not necessary in the absence of symptoms suggestive of hypothyroidism.
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