The condition of thyroid gland in patients with chronic renal failure on a long-term hemodialysis

To lean the condition of thyroid gland and thyroid function in patients with chronic renal failure on a hemodialysis. A total of 234 patients (105 males and 129 females) with chronic renal failure who are being treated by a long-term hemodialysis from 1 to 167 months, living in different city of Eastern Siberia were examined. All patients included in the study have ultrasonografic scan of thyroid. Free thyroid hormones, thyrotropin and thyroid peroxidase antibodies blood levels were determined. Among the examined cases in 60 (25.4%) was diagnosed thyroid disease (autoimmune thyroiditis without dysfunction, subclinical hypothyroidism, nontoxic diffuse or nodular goiter) for the first time. In 102 (43.6%) of cases the thyroid disease has not revealed, in 39 (16.7%) euthyroid sick syndrome type 1 or 2 was determined.