Table 3

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the AQUA FONTIS study

Inclusion
Exclusion

Severe illness requiring intensive care
Substituted hypothyroidism (E03.0, E03.1, E03.3 E03.9, E89.0) or substitution in case of thyroid carcinoma (C73)


Stay of at least 24 hours at the ICU
Hyperthyroidism treated with thyrostatic agents and exhibiting a TSH level not below the reference region (E05.0 E05.9, E06.2)



Manifest AIDS disease (B24)



Pregnancy

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