Thyroid hormone therapy is not indicated in the majority of patients with the sick euthyroid syndrome.

Alan P Farwell

Journal: Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2009;14(9):1180-7

PMID: 19158057

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Address: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 01583, USA.

DOI: 10.4158/EP.14.9.1180

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MeSH Terms: Contraindications, Critical Illness, Euthyroid Sick Syndromes, Heart, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Diseases, Intensive Care Units, Patient Selection, Starvation, Thyroid Hormones