ETD Collection

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/104


Please note: Digitised content is made available at the best possible quality range, taking into consideration file size and the condition of the original item. These restrictions may sometimes affect the quality of the final published item. For queries regarding content of ETD collection please contact IR specialists by email : IR specialists or Tel : 011 717 4652 / 1954

Follow the link below for important information about Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Library Guide about ETD

Browse

Filters

19931

Settings

Author: search.filters.author.Churchyard, Gavin, JohnSubject: search.filters.subject.Thyroid Function Tests

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    The relationship between changes in critically ill septic and non septic patients and circulating thyroxine levels
    (1993) Churchyard, Gavin, John
    Normal thyroid physiology and pathophysiOlogy with reference to non-thyroidal illness is reviwed, including infections, specific disease states and drugs and their effects on thyroid function tests. A review of the literature reveals that following almost any infection the serum T4 and T3 decrease as a result of diminished secretion of TSH and thyroxine, accelerated T4 disappearance, inhibition of hormone binding to transport proteins and decreased peripheral T4 to T3 conversion. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]