Background Non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) develops in a large proportion of
critically ill patients and is associated with high risk for death. We aimed to investigate the …

Background: Patients suffering from critical illness admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
exhibit alterations in their thyroid hormone levels, collectively termed as euthyroid sick …

Context: Both critical illness and fasting induce low circulating thyroid hormone levels in the
absence of a rise in TSH, a constellation-labeled nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTI). The …

The nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) is a clinical condition of abnormal thyroid function
tests observed in patients with acute or chronic systemic illnesses. The laboratory …

Methods: We performed a review of the metanalyses focused on NTIS in critically ill patients.
After a careful selection, we extracted data from four metanalyses, performed in different …

Introduction The severity of critical illness is associated with various patterns of thyroid
hormone abnormalities. We sought to evaluate whether the outcome of patients with …

Serum thyroid hormone levels drop during starvation and illness. In mild illness, this involves
only a decrease in serum triiodothyronine (T3) levels. As the severity of the illness increases …

Introduction: Non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) is considered to be associated with
adverse outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. In this study, we evaluated the …

Background: non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) has been associated with an adverse
clinical outcome. Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of NTIS, its impact on patients' …

This article reviews the pathophysiology of non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) and
euthyroid sick syndrome (ESS), a multifactorial phenomenon characterized by suppression …