Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
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Growth hormone levels predict postsurgical acromegaly remission
Major finding: Acromegaly patients with preoperative GH levels greater than 40 ng/mL had a 15% remission rate at 3 months, compared with 58% in...
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Think ‘celiac disease’ in patients requiring high-dose levothyroxine
Major finding: Five percent of hypothyroid patients who needed 125 mcg or more of levothyroxine daily in order to remain euthyroid proved to have...
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VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism
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Thyroglobulin washout boosts diagnostic sensitivity in recurrent thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Adding surgeon-performed ultrasonography with thyroglobulin washout to fine-needle aspiration cytology increases the accuracy...
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High-volume surgeons have best adrenalectomy outcomes
Major finding: Patients of low-volume surgeons were nearly twice as likely as were those of high-volume surgeons to have complications following...
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Autoimmune disease coalition seeks to increase physician knowledge
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Antiphospholipid, thrombosis histories differently affect pregnancy antithrombotic needs
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Thyroid cancer rise mostly overdiagnosis
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Give calcium before and after thyroidectomies in gastric bypass patients
Major finding: Almost half (42%) of patients who have had gastric bypasses develop recalcitrant, symptomatic hypocalcemia after thyroidectomies....
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New chemo regimen is active against recalcitrant neuroendocrine tumors
Major finding: The overall response rate was 43% and the clinical benefit rate was 97%. Data source: A randomized phase II trial among 28 patients...
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Study finds no link between thyroid function and MCI
Major finding: The incidence of MCI was similar in patients with clinical hypothyroidism (17%), subclinical hypothyroidism (18%), and normal...