Study of Inorganic Iodine level in prevalent Haemodialysis Patients

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease results in complex endocrine and metabolic alterations including thyroid dysfunction. There are many mechanisms explaining the link between thyroid and kidney disease, both of them affects each other, plus both consider as an independent factor for cardiovascular disease. Impaired kidney function does not only have an effect on thyroid gland function but also alters thyroid structure. A higher prevalence of structural abnormalities in ESRD patients also there is higher prevalence in iodine retention and Iodine induced functional and structural disorders. Aim of this study was to assess the level of inorganic iodine in hemodialysis patients and to correlate the findings with thyroid function tests and thyroid ultrasound. Our study was conducted on 40 randomly selected prevalent hemodialysis patients from Ain Shams University