Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The newly proposed RCOG guidelines suggests dose increment of thyroxine based on prenatal thyroxine doses. The aim of our retrospective audit was to assess if the aetiology of hypothyroidism (and dose of thyroxine) prenatally could help predict the need for dose increment during pregnancy.Methods: n=100. Local guidelines advised maintaining TSH <2.5 throughout pregnancy. Outcomes of thyroxine a...

Background: There has been conflicting evidence on the use of strict dietary iodine restriction prior to Radioiodine (RAI) administration for the management of hyperthyroidism and varying level of restrictions have been used. More recently the Medical Physics team in our institute implemented strict dietary iodine restrictions for 2 weeks pre-RAI administration. Significant inconvenience was reported by patients, which in some instances led to their reluctance to receive a sec...