Low serum TSH in the acute phase of COVID-19 pneumonia: thyrotoxicosis or a face of "non-thyroidal illness syndrome"?

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 Jul 12;59(11):e420-e423. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0511. Print 2021 Oct 26.

Authors

Stelios F Assimakopoulos^{1

2}, Georgios K Markantes³, Dimitris Papageorgiou¹, Irene Mamali³, Kostas B Markou³, Markos Marangos^{1

2}, Marina A Michalaki³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Patras, Greece.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Patras, Greece.
³ Division of Endocrinology - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Patras, Greece.

PMID: 34246200
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0511

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; non-thyroidal illness; thyroid function; thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH); thyrotoxicosis.

MeSH terms

Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Biomarkers / metabolism*
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / metabolism
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / metabolism*
Female
Ferritins / metabolism
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2 / metabolism*
Thyrotoxicosis / metabolism*
Thyrotropin / blood
Thyrotropin / metabolism*
Thyroxine / metabolism
Triiodothyronine / metabolism

Substances

Biomarkers
Triiodothyronine
Thyrotropin
Ferritins
Thyroxine