Research on endocrine function in COVID-19

16.11.2021

Researchers from the Department of Endocrinology and Internal Diseases of the Medical University of Gdańsk, within the consortium consisting of the MUG and the 7th Naval Hospital in Gdańsk, have been conducting research on the function of the thyroid and adrenal glands in the course of COVID-19 since January 2021.

Dr. Habil. Renata Świątkowska-Stodulska

The project manager is Dr. Habil. Renata Świątkowska-Stodulska, the main contractor is Agata Berlińska, M.D., and the research coordinator on the consortium’s side – Ewelina Puchalska-Reglińska, M.D. from the 7th Naval Hospital in Gdańsk. The study is financed by the National Center for Research and Development, and its planned completion date is January 2022.

Agata Berlińska M.D.

As the researchers explain, the clinical course of COVID-19 is not the same in all patients. In most infected patients, the symptoms are scanty, but in some patients the disease results in a rapid deterioration of health, requiring hospitalization – also in the conditions of an intensive care unit. Project entitled The influence of the pituitary-thyroid and pituitary-adrenal axis functions on the course of COVID-19 disease is aimed at searching for potentially significant prognostic factors and assessing abnormalities in hormonal function in patients with this disease..

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