Using body mass index to predict optimal thyroid dosing after thyroidectomy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 454-460

  Ojomo, Kristin A ^a   Schneider, David F ^a   Reiher, Alexandra E ^b   Lai, Ngan ^a   Schaefer, Sarah ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; body mass index; LBM; lean body mass; levothyroxine; LT4; thyroid stimulating hormone; TSH; WBD; weight based dosing

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTRIX; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873988744     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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