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Alterations in thyroid function in patients with systemic illness: the euthyroid sick syndrome

WARTOFSKY, LEONARD, BURMAN, KENNETH D.·1982·Endocrine Reviews
DOI 10.1210/edrv-3-2-164
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GENERALLY, the purpose of assessing thyroid function in a given patient is to determine his metabolic status. In patients with systemic nonthyroidal illness, as well as in those undergoing a variety of other stresses, this determination is complicated by effects at all levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. With the availability of thyrptropin releasing hormone (TRH) and the recent development of sensitive methods for the direct measurement of serum 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine (T3) and 3,3′,5′-triiodothyronine (reverse T3 (rT3)), considerable progress has been made in gaining an understanding of the significance of the alterations in thyroid hormone economy that accompany nonthyroidal illness, stress, and the administration of certain pharmacological agents. According to basic tenets of negative feedback control of thyrotropin (TSH) secretion by circulating free thyroid hormones, alterations in hormone binding in nonthyroidal illness that produce increases in free hormone should result in predictably decreased TSH responses to TRH stimulation. Indeed, the magnitude of TSH response to TRH is often taken to be the most specific clue to the true metabolic state of the organism, and the recent publication of studies that examined the status of TRH responsiveness in nonthyroidal illness has provided critical information in this regard.

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Authors
WARTOFSKY, L., & BURMAN, K. D.
Affiliations
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
Corresponding author
WARTOFSKY, LEONARD
ORCID
Venue
Endocrine Reviews
Publisher
The Endocrine Society
Published
1982-04
Volume
3
Issue
2
Pages
164-217
ISSN
  • 0163-769X (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7189
DOI
10.1210/edrv-3-2-164
OpenAlex
W1993358990
Cited by
916
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0
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FWCI
29.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Endocrine Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
Keywords
low T3 syndrome, thyroid function, hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis, thyroid-stimulating hormone, triiodothyronine, reverse T3, thyroid hormone binding, TRH stimulation test, metabolic stress, free thyroid hormones
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Amiodarone, Animals, Anorexia Nervosa, Mental Disorders, Contrast Media, Diabetes Mellitus, Dopamine, Fasting, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Iodine Radioisotopes, Kidney Diseases, Liver Diseases, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Neoplasms, Obesity, Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Starvation, Stress, Physiological, Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Hormones, Thyrotropin, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone

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