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Approach to a Quantitative Follow-up of Non-thyroidal Illness Syndrome

Germany590 participantsStarted 2007-05

Plain-language summary

AQUA FONTIS is a unicentric, multidisciplinary, prospective cross-section and longitudinal study that aims at the development of a more clear-cut diagnostic definition and classification of non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS).

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Severe illness requiring intensive care * Stay of at least 24 hours at the ICU Exclusion Criteria: * Substituted hypothyroidism or substitution in case of thyroid carcinoma * Hyperthyroidism that is treated with thyrostatic agents and exhibits a THS level not below the reference region * Manifest AIDS disease

What they're measuring

Assessment of the significance of an innovative physiological index approach (SPINA) in differential diagnosis between NTIS and latent thyrotoxicosis.

Timeframe: Three weeks after admission to ICU (evaluation point 1.5) and additionally on day of discharge from the hospital (evaluation point 1.999)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00591032

SponsorRuhr University of Bochum

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-11-30

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