Alterations in thyroid hormones in brain dead patients are related to non-thyroidal illness syndrome.

CONCLUSION: We have shown that patients with BD have altered thyroid hormones days before BD diagnosis and these alterations continue until the diagnosis of BD. The changes in thyroid hormones are compatible with non-thyroidal illness syndrome. PMID: 30132587 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endokrynologia Polska - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research