The Association of TSH and Thyroid Hormones With Lymphopenia in Bacterial Sepsis and COVID-19.

Inge GrondmanAline H de NooijerNikolaos AntonakosNico A F JanssenMaria MouktaroudiKonstantinos LeventogiannisMarco MediciJan W A SmitAntonius E van HerwaardenLeo A B JoostenFrank L van de VeerdonkPeter PickkersMatthijs KoxMartin JaegerMihai G NeteaEvangelos J Giamarellos-BourboulisRomana T Netea-Maier

Published in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)

Abnormal thyroid function correlates with lymphopenia in patients with severe infections, like bacterial sepsis and COVID-19, but future studies need to establish whether a causal relationship is involved.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
acute kidney injury
septic shock
intensive care unit
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
current status
early onset
drug induced