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From: Decreased triiodothyronine (T3) as a predictor for prolonged mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients with cardiac surgery

Fig. 2

Box-and-whisker plots for thyroid hormone before and after cardiac surgery in patients of control group and prolonged MV group. A. Serum level of TT3 before and after cardiac surgery in the patients of the two groups. B. Serum level of FT3 before and after cardiac surgery in the patients of the two groups. C. Serum level of TT4 before and after cardiac surgery in the patients of the two groups. D. Serum level of FT4 before and after cardiac surgery in the patients of the two groups. *: P < 0.05 vs. Control group, **: P < 0.01 vs. Control group; #: P < 0.05 vs. pre-op, ##: P < 0.01 vs. pre-op, ###: P < 0.001 vs. pre-op

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