Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy
Disrupted thyroid hormone homeostasis in critical illness: clinical correlates and associations with hormone supplementation in a single-center retrospective observational study
Background Thyroid hormone disturbances are a hallmark of critical illness and are commonly attributed to non-thyroidal illness syndrome. The clinical relevance of thyroid hormone supplementation in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains uncertain. This study aimed to characterize thyroid hormone concentrations in relation to disease severity in critically ill patients receiving thyroid hormone supplementation. Methods In this single-center retrospective study, data from 98 ICU patients receiving thyroid hormone sup …