Monitoring thyroid function in patients on levothyroxine: audit findings and suggested change in practice

Scargill, Jonathan J.; Livingston, Mark; Holland, David; Khan, Adnan; Duff, Christopher J.; Fryer, Anthony A.; Heald, Adrian H.

Abstract

With demand for endocrine tests steadily increasing year-on-year, review of requesting behaviour is very pertinent. A wealth of data now exists to suggest that there is a significant degree of unnecessary requesting of pathology tests,1-3 including endocrine tests, with commonly requested laboratory investigations imposing a major cost burden upon healthcare systems.

Citation

Scargill, J. J., Livingston, M., Holland, D., Khan, A., Duff, C. J., Fryer, A. A., & Heald, A. H. (2017). Monitoring thyroid function in patients on levothyroxine: audit findings and suggested change in practice. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 71(1), Article ARTN e12877. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12877

• Journal Article Type: Letter
• Online Publication Date: Jan 17, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017-01
• Deposit Date: Aug 24, 2023
• Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
• Print ISSN: 1368-5031
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 1
• Article Number: ARTN e12877
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12877
• PMID: 28097763