relationship of hospitalized covid-19 patients and thyroid dysfunction

Aims: although vaccines have been developed for covid-19, the virus continues to present problems to the health sector. the current study assessed thyroid function in all hospitalized patients diagnosed with the virus to ascertain whether covid-19 infection was linked to thyroid function abnormalities.instrument & methods: an observational cohort study was conducted on all covid-19-positive patients hospitalized in the al-fourat al-awsat hospital in al-kufa, iraq, between september 2021 and april 2022. 208 potential patients were tested during this period, and 150 covid-19 patients and 50 covid-19-negative individuals were selected. a sample of blood was collected during hospitalization. a serum was used to determine the thyroid-stimulating hormone. findings: hypertension, shortness of breath, diabetes, liver dysfunction, and cardiac and pro-inflammatory diseases were the most frequent comorbidities in covid-19 patients. the association between covid-19 and control groups indicated a significant difference in age, body mass index, gender, systolic- and diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, hba1c, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase. also, the analysis indicated a significant (p<0.001) difference between covid-19 patients and the control group in the level of tsh. conclusion: thyroid impairment is frequent in most individuals admitted to the hospital with a covid-19 infection. low thyroid-stimulating hormone level is a reliable indicator of poor prognosis in covid-19-infected individuals.