Thyroid Function in Health Care Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation
| Autor: | Fernando José Sancho Checa, Shirley Luna-Sánchez, M. T. del Campo, Rafael E. de la Hoz, Julio Valverde Morán, Ignacio Mahillo Fernández |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Health Personnel Thyroid Gland Pilot Projects Thyroid Function Tests Thyroid function tests Risk Assessment Ionizing radiation Radiation Monitoring Occupational Exposure Radiation Ionizing Health care medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Retrospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Retrospective cohort study Radiation Exposure Emergency medicine Female Thyroid function business |
| Zdroj: | Health physics. 117(4) |
| ISSN: | 1538-5159 |
| Popis: | To analyze possible alterations of thyroid function related to dosimetric values in health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation.Forty-six health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation at a tertiary hospital previously exposed to ionizing radiation were included in the study. Age, sex, history of thyroid diseases, thyroid hormones, work post, service, dosimetric values of previous year, and 5 y period were considered. Alterations of thyroid function and other variables were analyzed by exact logistic regression univariate model.7.1% workers showed an increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone without free T3 or free T4 alteration. A significant relationship between workers with increased thyroid-stimulating hormone and dosimetric values of previous year (odds ratio 6.35, 95% confidence interval 1.20-98.1, p = 0.021) and previous 5 y period of radiation exposure (odds ratio 1.72, 95% confidence interval 1.12-3.34, p = 0.007) was obtained.An increased risk of subclinical hypothyroidism related to radiation doses was observed in this pilot study on a group of health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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