Thyroid screening in elderly hospital patients

A screening programme of thyroid disease in 214 elderly patients attending hospital was undertaken incorporating clinical and biochemical assessment. The prevalence of untreated hypothyroidism was 2.8%, treated hypothyroidism 2.8%, untreated hyperthyroidism 0.9%, sub-clinical hypothyroidism 4.7%, an...

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Autores principales: Byrne, E, Gilmore, D H, Beringer, T R O
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3420726
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description A screening programme of thyroid disease in 214 elderly patients attending hospital was undertaken incorporating clinical and biochemical assessment. The prevalence of untreated hypothyroidism was 2.8%, treated hypothyroidism 2.8%, untreated hyperthyroidism 0.9%, sub-clinical hypothyroidism 4.7%, and non-thyroidal illness 3.3%. One patient with hypopituitarism was identified. Clinical judgement alone was poor. The costs of such a screening programme are discussed and the benefits highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-24484582008-07-10 Thyroid screening in elderly hospital patients Byrne, E Gilmore, D H Beringer, T R O Ulster Med J Articles A screening programme of thyroid disease in 214 elderly patients attending hospital was undertaken incorporating clinical and biochemical assessment. The prevalence of untreated hypothyroidism was 2.8%, treated hypothyroidism 2.8%, untreated hyperthyroidism 0.9%, sub-clinical hypothyroidism 4.7%, and non-thyroidal illness 3.3%. One patient with hypopituitarism was identified. Clinical judgement alone was poor. The costs of such a screening programme are discussed and the benefits highlighted. 1988-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2448458/ /pubmed/3420726 Text en
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