ea0086p133 | Thyroid | SFEBES2022
G K Amiyangoda C
, Antonypillai C N
, Gunatilake S S C G
, Ediriweera D
, Kosgollana S G P D
, Jayawardena R D P
, Thissera H A N D
, Emalka W J
, Deraniyagala H U
Introduction: Refractory hypothyroidism is associated with significantly increased morbidity and healthcare costs. During the evaluation of refractory disease, a thyroxine absorption test is frequently performed using different protocols. We assessed the usefulness of the supervised rapid thyroxine absorption test in a low-resource setting and formulated a useful model to determine the expected FT4 rise in hypothyroid patients without known malabsorption.<p class="abstext"...