Euthyroid Sick Syndromes

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Is a:

Disease or Syndrome

Definition:

Conditions of abnormal thyroid hormones release in patients with apparently normal thyroid gland during severe systemic illness, physical trauma, and psychiatric disturbances. It can be caused by the loss of endogenous hypothalamic input or by exogenous drug effects. The most common abnormality results in low t3 thyroid hormone with progressive decrease in thyroxine; (t4) and tsh. Elevated t4 with normal t3 may be seen in diseases in which thyroxine-binding globulin synthesis and release are increased.

Synonyms:

Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
High T4 Syndrome
High T4 Syndromes
Low T3 and Low T4 Syndrome
Low T3 High T4 Syndrome
Low T3 Low T4 Syndrome
Low T3 Syndrome
Low T3-High T4 Syndrome
Low T3-Low T4 Syndrome
Non Thyroidal Illness Syndrome
Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome
Sick Euthyroid Syndrome
Syndrome, Non-Thyroidal Illness
Syndrome, Sick Euthyroid
Syndromes, Non-Thyroidal Illness

Broader Topics:

Thyroid Diseases

Narrower Topics:

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