Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The British Thyroid Association (BTA) published guidelines for thyroid function testing (TFTs) in June 2006, recommending that TFTs should not be requested for acute medical patients in the absence of specific clinical indications. This audit assesses the proportion of thyroid function tests performed on acute medical inpatients that are indicated.Design: Retrospective data collection on 205 sequential thyroid function tests performed over 3 m...