The nonthyroidal illness syndrome

Suzanne Myers Adler; Leonard Wartofsky

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2007.04.007

The nonthyroidal illness syndrome

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2007 Sep;36(3):657-72, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.04.007.

Authors

Suzanne Myers Adler¹, Leonard Wartofsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Building D, Suite 232, 4000 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC 20007, USA. adlers@georgetown.edu

PMID: 17673123
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.04.007

Abstract

This article briefly summarizes thyroid function alterations generally seen in the euthyroid sick syndrome, provides an overview of specific thyroidal adaptations during several clinical conditions and secondary to specific pharmacologic agents, and discusses the current controversy in thyroid hormone treatment of nonthyroidal illness.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / diagnosis
Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / drug therapy*
Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / etiology*
Fasting
Heart Diseases / complications
Humans
Infections / complications
Kidney Diseases / complications
Liver Diseases / complications
Starvation / complications
Thyroid Hormones / blood*
Thyroid Hormones / therapeutic use*

Substances

Thyroid Hormones