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A Screening Test for Hyperthyroidism

PETER O. KOHLER, MD; JAMES WYNN, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1965;116(2):177-182.

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MANY TIMES in clinical practice the need arises for a rapid screening procedure which2 might be used in an outpatient clinic to differentiate thyrotoxic from overanxious individuals. A great deal of effort and money could be spared if a large percentage of anxious patients could be quickly excluded from the need for further thyroid studies. Most of the standard laboratory tests available today for the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism require many hours to perform. Consequently, evaluation of the patient extends to at least a two-day period of time. Short interval ¹³¹I uptakes have been proposed in the past as screening tests for hyperthyroidism,¹ but these have never gained popular acceptance. The following study is an investigation of the accuracy of the 1-hour thyroid uptake of orally administered ¹³¹I when used as just such a screening test. It is designed to either eliminate euthyroid, anxious patients from further thyroid . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DURHAM, NC

From the Department of Medicine, Duke Medical Center and the Clinical Radioisotope Service, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital. Fellow in Endocrinology (Dr. Kohler) and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Dr. Wynn), Duke Medical Center.

Footnotes
Received for publication Dec 15, 1964; accepted March 4, 1965.

Reprint requests to Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 27706 (Dr. Kohler).

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