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Thyroid hormone replacement: applying the Goldilocks principle
Author(s) -
Tran Anh,
Hyer Steve,
Bathgate Gabriella,
Okosieme Onyebuchi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1726
Subject(s) - goldilocks principle , medicine , hormone replacement , audit , thyroid , hormone , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , primary care , gynecology , intensive care medicine , family medicine , accounting , physics , astrobiology , business , testosterone (patch)
The Goldilocks principle, ie not too much or too little, but just right, is important when prescribing thyroid hormone replacement, especially in the elderly or women of reproductive age. The authors present the results of their multi‐practice audit evaluating the monitoring of patients on thyroid hormone replacement in primary care.