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ea0015p341 | Thyroid | SFEBES2008

Specialist endocrine care for all hyperthyroid patients?

Evans Kate , Coupe Aileen , Mascas Ramona , Pilianidis George , Foote John , Browne Duncan , Pinkney Jon

Objectives: To establish the proportion of patients locally with potentially significant thyroid pathology not receiving specialist endocrine input. To look at the management of hyperthyroid patients within the Endocrinology service.Patients and methods: Utilising the laboratory database, 121 patients identified (97 female, 24 male; age range 17–93 years, average 55 years) with TFTs suggesting hyperthyroidism (raised fT4/fT3, and/or suppressed TSH) ...