Changes in the circulating thyroid hormones during anaesthesia and thyroid surgery.
The circulating thyroid hormones were found to respond to general anaesthesia and surgery of the thyroid gland in a similar manner to that reported with general surgery. When compared with the preoperative plasma concentration, the post-operative thyroxine levels showed a significant rise, whereas the triiodothyronine level fell.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood*
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine