PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 1 July 1999, pp. 129
Thyroid Function and Adverse Outcome
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To the Editor.
We read with interest the article by Paul and associates. Their retrospective study of a large population of premature infants shows an association between low total T4 values and death intraventricular hemorrhage.1 However, for methodologic reasons interpretation of these results is difficult, and in our opinion the message remains unclear.
Impaired thyroid function and other endocrinologic abnormalities are
frequent in severe disease.2




