Tariq Saeed Mufti, Asif Jielani.
Deranged thyroid hormone status in non-thyroid illnesses; sick euthyroid syndrome.
J Ayub Med Coll Abottabad Jan ;18(4):1-3.

Critical illness is characterized by multiple and complex metabolic, immunological and endocrine alterations1. Abnormalities in thyroid homeostasis also occur in variety of non-thyroid illnesses. Changes in thyroid hormone metabolism in critical illnesses appear to reflect a continuum which relates primarily to the severity of the underlying disorders. The prevalence of one or more abnormalities of thyroid function tests in patients with non thyroidal medical illnesses has been reported from 40% to 70%. The condition is reported in starvation, sepsis, surgery, myocardial infarction, CABG surgery, bone marrow transplantation11, and, in fact, probably any severe illness. This is an Editorial.

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