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Choosing Wisely for Thyroid Conditions: Recommendations of the Thyroid Departme...
Dora,Jose Miguel; Biscolla,Rosa Paula Mello; Caldas,Gustavo; Cerutti,Janete; Graf,Hans; Hoff,Ana O.; Mazeto,Glaucia M. F. S.ABSTRACT Objective: Choosing Wisely (CW) is an initiative that aims to advance the dialogue between physicians and patients about low-value health interventions. Given that thyroid conditions are frequent in clinical practice, we aimed to develop an evidence-based list of thyroid CW recommendations. Materials and methods: The Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) nam...
The change in the clinical presentation of Graves’ disease: a 30 years retrospe...
Pinto,Wanesa; Romaldini,João H.; Perini,Nicolas; Santos,Roberto B.; Villagelin,DaniloABSTRACT Objective Graves’ disease (GD) is the main cause of hyperthyroidism among adults. It is an autoimmune condition classically marked by the Merserburg Triad (goiter, thyrotoxicosis, and orbitopathy), but the change in presentation of GD over time has rarely been studied. To determine changes in the clinical presentation of patients with GD in the last 30 years. Subjects and methods The study evaluated 47...
Management of gestational hypothyroidism: results of a Brazilian survey
Villagelin,Danilo; Comarella,Ana Paula; Tiago,Douglas Bernal; Ward,Laura SterianObjectives Evaluate the management of hypothyroidism in fertile-aged and pregnant women and compare these practices to the recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) and the Latin American Thyroid Society, published in 2013. Materials and methods In the first trimester of 2014, SBEM made available to all members an electronic questionnaire based on clinical scenarios in the ...