Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In clinical practice, occasional hypothyroid patients require more than the expected dose of levothyroxine. This could be due to compliance issues, excess body weight, drug interference or malabsorption. The Grampian Automated Follow-Up Register (GAFUR) currently monitors around 17 500 hypothyroid patients on levothyroxine; 36 (0.6%) patients take more than 250 μg of levothyroxine daily.Methods: A questionnaire was sent to these patients...

Background and methodology: In the long-term surveillance of treated hypothyroid patients, annual surveillance (with thyroid function testing) is widely recommended. This is largely based on consensus, as there is limited evidence to support this practice. Currently around 20,000 patients are registered in our hospital based thyroid register and the majority are on 18 monthly follow-up. We carried out a retrospective analysis to see if there is evidence to support increased fr...

Background: Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is the most common autoimmune disease and patients may present different levels of thyroid dysfunction. The association between hypothyroidism and cardiovascular events is well established. However, it remains unclear how mild thyroid dysfunction, autoimmunity and chronic inflammation in HT contribute to an increased cardiovascular risk in euthyroid patients and in subclinical hypothyrodism. Therefore, this study aims to assess insulin re...