When looking for thyroid diseases, listen to the patient as the answer is often in the history - the tests and imaging are adjuncts. Confirm your clinical suspicions with appropriate investigations.
Minimally invasive surgery has become the recommended treatment - where the surgery is done and by whom is critically important for the 10% of cases that are difficult. Do a serum calcium and PTH for patients with unspecific neurocognitive, neuromuscular and renolithiasis or low BMD
Four formulations of thyroxine available - understand the differences and the practical implications. How to initiate thyroxine in the elderly, the newly pregnant woman and an otherwise healthy young adult
This article discusses the re-emergence of vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets and the need for universal supplementation in pregnant women and infants up to one year of age.
In the ‘largest analysis to date’, researchers have determined that subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with preterm birth but have stopped short of recommending screening.
It is well-known that overt thyroid disease in pregnancy is linked with preterm birth, as defined as delivery before 37 weeks. But whether milder forms of thyroid disease make a difference has been controversial.