The TSH testis a blood test that measures the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) produced by the pituitary gland, a small, pea-sized endocrine gland located at the base of the brain. TSH plays a crucial role in regulating the thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in the neck re...
Interpretation of TSH results showed normal level for age in 65% and slightly elevate TSH but below 10 uiu/ml in 32% Only three obese patients (3%) had Hashimoto disease (positive Anti TPO) and elevated TSH requiring therapy. Obese children are often screened and referred to pediatric ...
Tsai:Our primary care colleagues can do a workup and interpretation of thyroid function tests in most cases. In the situations where the thyroid function test results are discordant (ie, elevated TSH and elevated free T4 levels or low TSH and low free T4 levels) or difficult to interpret, i...
High TSH Levels: Lab Interpretation for New Nurse Practitioners 23 related questions found What is considered a dangerously high TSH level? Experts don't agree on which TSH levels should be considered too high. Some suggest that TSH levels of over 2.5 milliunits per liter (mU/L) are abnormal...
This is a brief summary of lab value interpretation and is not intended in any way to be comprehensive or replace any conversation of your results with your doctor. THYROID LAB VALUESA TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormoone) Test is performed to assess the activity of the thyroid gland. It involve...
Among the indices of LV diastolic dysfunction, the TSH level was positively associated with the E/A ratio in the adjusted models. The FT4 level was inversely associated with the E/A ratio, and E/E’ velocity ratio in the adjusted models, whereas it was positively associated with DT. The ...
Y.W. contributed to the study design, data analysis and interpretation; drafted part of the manuscript; and prepared the tables and figures. Y.P. participated in collecting and analyzing the data and drafting part of the manuscript. F.W. revised the manuscript. D.X. searched the related pap...
Thyroid scintigraphy showing hyperactive nodule contributes more to this diagnosis than the TRH test. Even isolated, a TSH concentration determined by a highly sensitive assay less than 0.05 mU/L is a very good indicator of hyperthyroidism whereas a level more than 0.05 mU/L is rather due to ...
Interpretation Higher TSH and lower FT4 in this euthyroid sample were associated with higher operative delivery rates. However, TSH and FT4 were still in the normal ranges for all groups. In a large retrospective cohort study from Männistö et al. increased odds for CS (both prelabour and...
Analysis with the Mann–Whitney U test made it possible to check whether there were statistically significant differences between the adopted cut-off values separated on the basis of the TSH level. An unsupervised cluster analysis was used to assess the relationship between all recorded TSH values ...