In severely ill patients of an intensive care unit overt peripheral thyroid hormone deficiency
was noted in 22 of 33 subjects. The TRH-test was performed in 7 of these 22 patients and …

Severe nonthyroidal illness has been claimed to cause secondary hypothyroidism. We
reevaluated this concept measuring serum free T4 and free T3 by an ultrafiltration method …

Thyroid function tests were obtained from 335 consecutive patients admitted to an intensive
care unit. Twenty patients suffering from severe non-endocrine diseases (septicaemia …

Unexplained hypotension in the intensive care unit is commonly attributed to volume
depletion, cardiorespiratory failure, sepsis, or relative adrenal insufficiency. In these acute …

Thyroid function was measured in 86 patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit. Two
patients were found to have primary hypothyroidism and were excluded from the study …

This report compares three patients with severe nonthyroidal illness and serum thyrotropin
concentrations in the range normally associated with hypothyroidism (greater than 20 μU/ml) …

Severe intercurrent nonthyroidal illnesses (diabetic ketoacidosis, myocardial infarction,
fulminant hepatitis and bacterial pneumonia) in four thyrotoxic patients were associated with …

This study fails to confirm the entity of metabolic insufficiency, in which patients are said to
show symptoms suggesting hypothyroidism, a low basal metabolic rate, normal thyroid …

In a prospective study, we assessed the role of thyrotropin in the development of the low-
thyroxine state that is associated with severe illness. We measured the serum thyrotropin …

We have measured basal thyrotropin (TSH) in 945 consecutive patients of a general medical
department. Additional thyroid tests were carried out in patients with elevated TSH. Thirty …