Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid uptake scan is a widely used thyroid investigation that provides valuable information regarding the structure and function of the gland and helps in differentiating some of the common thyroid pathologies. We present a multicentre audit of thyroid uptake scans done for non-malignant thyroid pathologies and try to analyse the usefulness of this investigation in different situations.MethodsThis audit includes thyroid uptake sc...

Rationale: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria was recently proposed as the world’s first diagnostic criteria for malnutrition in adults in hospital settings. The GLIM approach is based on the assessment of three phenotypic and two etiologic criteria, with diagnosis confirmed by any combination of one phenotypic and one etiologic criterion fulfilled. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence phenotypic criteria of GLIM in hospit...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules represent a common cause of specialist consultation, with a risk of malignancy of 4-15%. The most widely used cytopathological method for diagnosing thyroid cancer is fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of thyroid nodules and the use of the Bethesda system (BS) for cytopathological reporting. We conducted the present study to report our experience using the BS, and to compare the results obtained with this system with the final histopathological ...