Do Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, Body Weight, or Body Mass Index Serve as Adequate Markers to Guide Levothyroxine Dose Titration?
Autor: | Rudolf Hoermann, Sam L. Goede, Johannes W. Dietrich, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, John E. M. Midgley, Gabi Landgrafe |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 217:752-753 |
ISSN: | 1072-7515 |
Popis: | Figure 1. Calculated vs observed levothyroxine requirement to achieve euthyroidism in thyroidectomized patients in equilibrium condition. The black line with corresponding dots represents dose calculations according to reference 1, and the grey line according to reference 2. r 1⁄4 0.47 and 0.42, respectively, p < 0.001, n 1⁄4 25. Body Weight, or Body Mass Index Serve as Adequate Markers to Guide Levothyroxine Dose Titration? |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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