title: [The functional status of the thyroid gland and adrenal cortex in newborn babies and infants with acute ethmoiditis].
abstract: Using the RIA method, thyroxine (T4), triiodothyroxine (T3), and cortisol (C) were measured in 10 patients with acute ethmoiditis, aged from 13 days to 6 months. At the peak of the disease, i. e. when infection toxicosis was very manifest, T3 was significantly lower and T4 tended to decrease. During the convalescence period T3 increased distinctly and T4 continued to decline. It can be concluded that the thyroid function was inhibited during the toxic period; however, this inhibition was transient and required no intervention. Nevertheless, in the case of complications, especially sepsis, transient hypothyrosis may develop which requires substitution therapy. Variations in cortisol serum concentrations were insignificant.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dudina
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ageĭkin
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Pekli
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Lapshin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000502:physiology; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Funktsional'noe sostoianie shchitovidnoĭ zhelezy i kory nadpochechnikov u novorozh-dennykh i grudnłykh deteĭ s ostrymi étmoiditami.