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REVIEW article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Thyroid Endocrinology
Volume 16 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1540802
This article is part of the Research Topic Levothyroxine Therapy in Patients with Hypothyroidism: Volume II View all 12 articles
Thyroid hormone replacement therapy in dialysis/renal insufficiency patients
Provisionally accepted- 1 School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, China
- 2 Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
Dialysis/renal insufficiency patients are often accompanied by hypothyroidism due to renal damage, the mechanisms of which are complex. The use of thyroid hormone replacement therapy in such patients has become an important clinical issue. This article reviews the mechanism of hypothyroidism in dialysis/renal insufficiency patients and describes the importance and precautions of thyroid hormone replacement therapy to provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords: Dialysis, Renal Insufficiency, Thyroid hormone, Replacement therapy, Levothyroxine
Received: 06 Dec 2024; Accepted: 06 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Junyu Zhao, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, 250014, Shandong Province, China
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