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ea0011p916 | Thyroid | ECE2006

Radioiodine treatment for hyperthyroidism – do royal college guidelines suggest too high a radioiodine dose?

Zakir Ahmed R , Hosker JP

Radioiodine (RAI) has been used to treat hyperthyroidism for more than 60 years. However there is no absolute clarity in the appropriate dose or method of administering RAI. We evaluated the efficacy of RAI therapy and compared our RAI doses with the guide doses suggested by Royal College of Physicians (Graves’ disease 400–550 MBq and Multinodular goitre (MNTG) >550 MBq).We audited 602 hyperthyroid patients treated with RAI between 1994&#15...