Endocrine Abstracts

Since 1994, after initial outpatient review (OPD) for thyrotoxicosis, we have minimised OPD attendance and provided shared-care advice to primary care physicians on thyroid function tests (TFT) and anti-thyroid drug (ATD) and levothyroxine (T4) dose titration using our electronic patient record (EPR). Using EPR data we analysed treatment (Rx) choice, effectiveness and outcomes, classifying patients as autoimmune (+ve TPO or other Graves’ features), nodular, mix...

Objective: To assess the effect of antithyroid drug pretreatment on radioiodine (I-131) treatment outcomes for benign thyroid disease.Method: Retrospective analysis of all patient records on the clinical database that underwent I-131 treatment for benign thyroid disease between 1989 and 2007.Results: About 544 patients were identified, 98 males (18%) and 446 females (82%). The mean age was 54 years (11-88). 464 patients (85.3%) we...