Occurrence of Euthyroid Sick Syndrome in Acute Myocardial Infarction and their Duration of ICU Stay

Depression of the thyroid hormone system may happen in otherwise euthyroid patients in serious acute illness of any cause. In this condition, called Euthyroid Disease Syndrome, the standard feed-back control of the homeostasis of the thyroid is changed.^11–13

1. To find out the occurrence of EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME in ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION patients admitted to intensive care unit in SREE BALAJI HOSPITAL, CHENNAI and its prognostic significance.

This study was conducted in the Intensive care unit, SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Chennai in collaboration with Dept of internal medicine, Dept of Cardiology and Dept of biochemistry. It was a prospective study done during the period from April 2017 to March 2018. 100 patients with history, clinical features suggestive of myocardial infarction were selected irrespective of age and sex.

In our study 42 of MI patients had Euthyroid sick syndrome. So occurrence of Euthyroid sick syndrome in our patients was 42%, p value was 0.258. So occurrence of Euthyroid sick positivity rate was not statistically significant. This implies that occurrence of Euthyroid sick positivity rate may vary In which the

The presence of Euthyroid sick syndrome in Acute myocardial infarction patients may contribute to the expansion of an AMI sternness index