Levothyroxine Dosage Determination According to Body Mass Index (BMI) After Total Thyroidectomy

Levothyroxine Dosage Determination According to Body Mass Index (BMI) After Total Thyroidectomy

Objective: Currently, postoperative thyroid hormone replacement dosing is weight-based with adjustments and made following Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) values, which may lead to delayed achievement of euthyroidism and failure in achieving an accurate estimation of the levothyroxine dose. We aim...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hemmat Maghsoudi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi Toomatari, Naser Agha Mohammadzade, Farzad Najafipour, Sara Akhavan Salamat, Seyed Babak Moosavi Toomatari, Afshin Gharekhani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2019-05-01
Series:Erciyes Medical Journal
Subjects:
levothyroxine
total thyroidectomy
bmi
Online Access:https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=erciyesmedj&un=EMJ-14892

Internet

https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=erciyesmedj&un=EMJ-14892

Similar Items