How often should you follow up on a patient with newly diagnosed hypothyroidism?

dc.contributor.author	Wirsing, Nellie	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hamilton, Andrew	eng
dc.date.issued	2009	eng
dc.description.abstract	Six to 8 weeks after the start of levothyroxine therapy you should reexamine patients and measure their serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: C, common practice and expert opinion). If thyroid function is normal at that time, examine the patient and measure serum TSH again in 4 to 6 months because clearance of levothyroxine increases in the euthyroid (normal) state (SOR: C, expert opinion).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3882	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2009 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 58, no. 01 (January 2009): 40+.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	serum thyroidstimulating hormone (TSH)	eng
dc.subject	levothyroxine	eng
dc.subject	depression	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Hypothyroidism -- Diagnosis	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Patient monitoring	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Thyrotropin	eng
dc.title	How often should you follow up on a patient with newly diagnosed hypothyroidism?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2009
The items in this collection constitute volume 58 of Clinical Inquiries.