Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Patients in need of an intensive care unit (ICU) treatment due to severe diseases often develop the non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTI). These critically ill patients present with low thyroxine (T4), low 3,3’,5-triiodothyronine (T3) and elevated reverse T3 (rT3) serum concentrations while TSH and 3,3’-diiodothyronine (3,3’-T2) concentrations remain unaffected. To further elucidate the underlying changes ...