Thyroid complications, including overt hypothyroidism, related to the use of non-radiopaque silastic catheters for parenteral feeding in prematures requiring injection of small amounts of an iodinated contrast medium

MeSH terms

• Catheterization* / adverse effects
• Contrast Media* / adverse effects
• Contrast Media* / pharmacokinetics
• Humans
• Hypothyroidism / etiology
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Infant, Premature, Diseases / etiology*
• Iodine / pharmacokinetics
• Iodine / urine
• Matched-Pair Analysis
• Parenteral Nutrition / adverse effects*
• Silicone Elastomers
• Thyroid Diseases / etiology*
• Thyroid Function Tests