title: Cardiac death risk in diabetic haemodialysis patients increased due to thyroid problems.
abstract: A prospective study found that diabetic haemodialysis patients' subclinical hyperthyroidism and euthyroid sick syndrome might increase the risk of sudden cardiac-related deaths. Dr Christiane Drechsler, of University Hospital Würzburg in Würzburg, Germany, and colleagues conducted a study that included 1000 patients undergoing haemodialysis for diabetes. Of those patients, 78.1% had euthyroidism, 13.7% had subclinical hyperthyroidism, 1.6% had subclinical hypothyroidism and 5.4% had euthyroid sick syndrome.
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005067:Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D015994:Incidence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends