Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A significant percentage of patients with adequately replaced primary hypothyroidism (PH) continue to be symptomatic. Some of these persisting symptoms maybe attributed to non-restoration of neurocognitive functions and psychological well-being.Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of persisting hypothyroid symptoms in patients with PH on biochemically adequate replacement therapy. To correlate persistent symptoms with thyroid hormone levels...

Background: Clinical scoring systems were used traditionally in the diagnosis of hypothyroidism before biochemical diagnosis became the norm. There are two well validated clinical scoring systems (Billewicz and Zulewski) for diagnosing hypothyroidism. Both these scores were validated in younger patients with hypothyroidism and may not be useful in older patients. We conducted this study to determine the clinical utility of these two scoring systems among patients over the age ...