Worku, B., Tortolani, A.J., Gulkarov, I., Isom, O.W. and Klein, I. (2015) Preoperative Hypothyroidism Is a Risk Factor for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgical Patients. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 30, 307-312.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.12513

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Hypothyroidism Prolongs Hospitalization Following Surgery

  AUTHORS: Raquel Villavicencio, Cary N. Mariash

  KEYWORDS: Hypothyroidism, Surgical Complications, Length of Stay, Preoperative Evaluation, Outcomes

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.10 No.12, December 6, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Objective: Each year 45 million surgical procedures are performed in the United States, and a significant number of these are performed on hypothyroid patients. Little guidance is available to determine the postoperative risk to these subjects. We hypothesized that new surgical techniques and modern anesthesia would lead to no differences in outcome between hypothyroid patients and euthyroid controls. Methods: We queried surgical databases in our health system for patients who underwent an operative procedure between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2015 with a TSH > 10 mcU/mL or a FT4 Results: We identified 29 hypothyroid patients. The LOS was significantly longer for the hypothyroid patients compared to the predicted LOS (14.4 vs 6.7 days, P Conclusions: In contrast to our initial hypothesis, hypothyroidism is associated with a 2-fold longer LOS following surgery. Hypothyroidism continues to place patients at increased surgical risk.