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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Euthyroid sick syndrome can be caused by any serious illness which leads to increased level of cytokines, decreased level of leptin, hyper-metabolism, decreased protein synthesis and decreased level of thyroid-binding globulin. The conditions include sepsis, malignancy, trauma, surgery, burns, bone marrow transplantation, metabolic disorders, and other inflammatory conditions.

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Common Causes

Euthyroid sick syndrome can be caused by any serious illness which leads to increased level of cytokines, decreased level of leptin, hyper-metabolism, iodine containing contrast medium, decreased protein synthesis and decreased level of thyroxin-binding globulin. The conditions include:[1][2][3]

Less Common Causes

  • The following table summarize the effect of various drugs on thyroid hormones level:
↓ Hormone secretion ↓ T4 ↓ TSH ↓ 5' monodeiodinase ↑ Breakdown of

thyroid hormones

Thyroid binding globulin
Increased Decreased

References

  1. Silva MH, Araujo MC, Diniz EM, Ceccon ME, Carvalho WB (2015). "Nonthyroidal illnesses syndrome in full-term newborns with sepsis". Arch Endocrinol Metab. 59 (6): 528–34. doi:10.1590/2359-3997000000111. PMID 26677087.
  2. Frączek MM, Gackowski A, Przybylik-Mazurek E, Nessler J (2016). "[The relation between the low T3 syndrome in the clinical course of myocardial infarction and heart failure]". Pol. Merkur. Lekarski (in Polish). 40 (240): 380–3. PMID 27403906.
  3. Girvent M, Maestro S, Hernández R, Carajol I, Monné J, Sancho JJ, Gubern JM, Sitges-Serra A (1998). "Euthyroid sick syndrome, associated endocrine abnormalities, and outcome in elderly patients undergoing emergency operation". Surgery. 123 (5): 560–7. doi:10.1067/msy.1998.87238. PMID 9591009.

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