title: Analysis and comparison of changing in thyroid hormones after percutaneous and surgical tracheotomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of the surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy on the thyroid hormones and their comparisons.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January and May 2010, the surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy had been performed on 40 patients with respiration problems. The thyroid hormone levels were measured just before, after one and three hour of the operation and than these measurements were compared statistically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effect of the surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy on serum thyroglobulin (TG), free thyroxine (fT4), free triiodothyronine (fT3) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels was found statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The surgeons should not forget the possible increase of the serum thyroid hormone levels after the surgical and percutaneous tracheotomy because of the systemic effects of thyroid hormones. The patients, especially who have cardiac rhythm problems, should be monitored for a while after these processes because the increase of serum thyroid hormones may cause undesired cardiovascular effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Haydarpaşa Numune State Hospital for Research and Training, Istanbul, Turkey. erk.e@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esen
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: Ildem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatlıpınar
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuncel
authors.forename: Shahrouz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheidaei
authors.forename: Senem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000097:blood*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013954:Thyroglobulin; D013974:Thyroxine