Why the study?
Does the type of anaesthesia affect serum concentrations of thyroid hormones during and after abdominal surgery?
Population
29 patients undergoing abdominal surgery (cholecystectomy n=22, removal of gastric cancer n=7)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
during and soon after surgery
Authors
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Anaesthetic type was associated with distinct thyroid hormone shifts; leaves open whether this affects outcomes or warrants agent-specific monitoring.
Does the type of anaesthesia affect serum concentrations of thyroid hormones during and after abdominal surgery?
Increases in rT3 and T4 during and soon after surgery are driven by inhalational anaesthetics like enflurane and halothane rather than surgical trauma.
Chikenji et al. (2009) studied this question.
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