Endocrine Abstracts

The best doctors will do more tests and give more medicines - or maybe not. This presentation will discuss when it is good to watch and wait or even discharge the young person with supposedly abnormal' thyroid function tests. Some of the clinical / biochemical clues that may help to prevent a lifetime on thyroxine (when this is not really needed) will be highlighted. Bottom line - many healthy people have numbers outside a quoted reference range and try to make sure that one of your best friends is a clinical biochemist.