Managing thyroid dysfunction in the elderly Answers to seven common questions

What you know about thyroid disease in younger patients may not hold true for your elderly patients. The clinical presentation in older patients often differs from that in their younger counterparts, thus making diagnosis challenging. Knowing when and whom to screen for thyroid dysfunction is the ke...

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Published inPostgraduate medicine Vol. 113; no. 5; pp. 54 - 100
Main Authors Mohandas, Rajesh, Gupta, Krishan Lal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis 01.05.2003
JTE Multimedia
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aging - physiology
Female
Humans
Hyperthyroidism - diagnosis
Hyperthyroidism - therapy
Hypothyroidism - diagnosis
Hypothyroidism - therapy
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Thyroid Diseases - diagnosis
Thyroid Diseases - epidemiology
Thyroid Diseases - physiopathology
Thyroid Diseases - therapy
Thyroid Function Tests
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Summary:What you know about thyroid disease in younger patients may not hold true for your elderly patients. The clinical presentation in older patients often differs from that in their younger counterparts, thus making diagnosis challenging. Knowing when and whom to screen for thyroid dysfunction is the key to appropriate management. In this article, Drs Mohandas and Gupta present the answers to seven common questions about diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disease in elderly patients.
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ISSN:0032-5481
1941-9260
DOI:10.3810/pgm.2003.05.1407