Endocrine Abstracts

A 52-year-old patient with a history of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis was referred to our endocrine vetting service with deranged thyroid function tests (TFTs). Medicines reconciliation demonstrated that the patient was currently on regular fampridine and carbamazepine only. TFTs checked in the community revealed a free T4 of 65.8pmol/l (12.0-22.0pmol/l) with a TSH of 2.03mU/l (0.27-4.20mU/l) and a free T3 of 5pmol/l (3.1-6.8pmol/l). 25-OH vitamin D and vitamin B12 ...

Aim: To determine patient outcomes following radioactive iodine (I131) therapy in a UK district general hospital for the treatment of benign thyroid disease.Methods: A record of all patients at University Hospital Hairmyres (Scotland, UK) undergoing radioactive iodine therapy for benign thyroid disease was kept. Patients were identified using a unique community health index (CHI) number. A retrospective case note review was then carried out fo...