{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,19]],"date-time":"2026-02-19T12:27:22Z","timestamp":1771504042628,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":21,"publisher":"American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)","issue":"5","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[1998,5,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Transient hypothyroxinemia (TH) of prematurity has been correlated with poor neurodevelopmental outcome. However, the relationship between thyroid function and neonatal mortality and brain injury has not been described.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Objective.\u2003To investigate the relationship between thyroid function and neonatal outcome.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods.\u2003Review of infants weighing &amp;lt;1500 grams admitted to a single level III newborn intensive care unit (n = 342). Serum total T4 values of initial newborn screening of infants dying before hospital discharge were compared with those of surviving infants. Total T4values from infants with and without intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) also were compared.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results.\u2003T4 values strongly correlated with gestational age (r = .56). Overall, 289 (85%) of 342 infants had TH. None of the infants had true congenital hypothyroidism. T4 values of infants with cystic PVL (n = 15) were not statistically different from those for infants who did not develop cystic PVL. Infants with IVH (n = 58) had a lower T4 value than did infants who did not develop IVH (5.4 \u00b1 3.4 \u03bcg\/dL vs 7.8 \u00b1 3.6 \u03bcg\/dL). Infants who died before hospital discharge (n = 24) had a lower T4 value than did infants discharged to home (3.4 \u00b1 2.2 vs 7.9 \u00b1 3.7 \u03bcg\/dL). After controlling for potential confounding variables, T4 value remained associated with an increased odds of IVH (odds ratio: 1.2; 95% confidence interval: 1.05 to 1.4) and mortality (odds ratio: 2.3; 95% confidence interval 1.6 to 3.4).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions.\u2003In our population of very low birth weight infants, TH has an incidence of 85%. Very low T4 values on initial newborn screening are associated with increased odds of death and IVH. Additional investigation is needed to determine whether low serum thyroxine level contributes to IVH and neonatal death or whether it is simply an associated factor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.101.5.903","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,13]],"date-time":"2004-08-13T23:44:32Z","timestamp":1092440672000},"page":"903-907","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":70,"title":["Low Serum Thyroxine on Initial Newborn Screening Is Associated With Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Death in Very Low Birth Weight Infants"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"101","author":[{"given":"David A.","family":"Paul","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Sections of Neonatology and"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathleen H.","family":"Leef","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Sections of Neonatology 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