The faculty of pharmacy discussed the high diploma thesis tagged “Evaluate the Effect of Occupational Exposure to Ionized Radiation in Catheterization Laboratory Workers and Its Effect on the Thyroid Gland in Karbala Governorate” by Abeer Elttayef Mohammed and the supervisor, Assist Prof. Dr. Ahmed Hamed Jwaid in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low-dose occupational radiation exposure on thyroid hormone alteration among catheterization laboratory workers. Thyroid hormones (thyroid stimulating hormones, triiodothyronine, thyroxin, free triiodothyronine, and free thyroxin) were measured for sixty medical staff workers (male and female) who work in Karbala cardiology center, 30 of whom work in the catheterization laboratory department and 30 of whom work in other departments in the same center, in a case-control study. Those who had a history of thyroid surgery and pregnant women age, gender, type of work The current study found a significant increase in serum thyroid stimulating hormone concentrations and a slightly but significantly decrease in serum triiodothyronine, thyroxin, free triiodothyronine, and free thyroxin in cath lab workers when compared to other departments’ workers who were not exposed to ionized radiation (controls) (p 0.05), as well as when compared to the normal value.
