Health Condition 1: null- Patients with thyroid symptoms in fluoride endemic areas. Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with known or suspected thyroid abnormalities and skeletal fluorosis. For the patients with acute coronary syndrome, inclusion age is 18 and above, both males and females.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients below the age of 6 years and pregnant woman are excluded for thyroid study. Patients identified with Hashimoto thyroiditis will also be excluded from the thyroid study. For heart study, patients with renal failure will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Understand thyroid dysfunction in fluoride endemic areas. Understand nexus between depression and cardiac function. Timepoint: For thyroid study, from the date of enrollment, sampling will be done once every 3 months, four times during the year. For the heart study, sampling will be done four times - at the time of admission, at discharge, 1st and 6th month after the medical intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hand-held device for disease diagnosisTimepoint: 4 years | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sai Sathish Ramamurthy
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Outcome results
None listed