Abstract
Objective To study the incidence of low triiodothyronine (T3) syndrome in critical patients,and compare the prognosis evaluation value between low T3 syndrome and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) Ⅱ score.Methods A total of 160 critical patients were enrolled.APACHE Ⅱ score of patients were recorded at admission,and thyroid hormone levels were measured on the first and the third day after admission.The patients who were low T3 level were enrolled into observation group,and the patients who were normal T3 level were as control group.The patients were followed up for 28 d,then were divided into death group and survival group according to the prognosis.The prognosis evaluation value was compared between T3 and APACHE Ⅱ score by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.Results The incidence rate of low T3 syndrome was 25.6% (41/160).During the follow-up phase,the fatality rate in observation group was 41.5%(17/41),and in control group was 29.4% (35/119),there was statistical difference (P < 0.05).The ROC area under curve of T3 was 0.657 (95% CI:0.712-0.846),APACHE Ⅱ score was 0.672 (95% CI:0.721-0.857),and there was no statistical difference (P > 0.05).Best cut-off value of T3 was 0.41 μ g/L resulting in 76.9%(40/52) sensitivity and 78.7%(85/108) specificity.Conclusion Critical patients complicated with low T3 syndrome has poor prognosis,and T3 may be a predictive marker in evaluating the prognosis of critical patients. Key words: Prognosis; Low triiodothyronine syndrome; Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; Critical illness
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