FREE THYROID HORMONE CHANGES AFTER ELECTIVE CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Abstract
Free thyroid hormone changes were studied in twelwe patients free of metabolic disease who underwent elective cholecystectomy. Mean FT4 levels ranged from 10,8 pmoles/lit on the 2nd postoperative day to 14,2 pmoles/lit on the 7nd postoperative day. Mean FT3 levels ranged from 5,7 pmoles/lit on the 4th postopetarive day to 8,5 pmoles/day at the first hour after induction of anesthesia.All the mean levels ranged within normal limits. None of the above changes was significant.References
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