OBJECTIVE : To characterize the clinical status and course of nursing home residents with low TSH and normal total T 4 levels in the absence of treatment with thyroid hormone. DESIGN : Retrospective chart review was performed to determine participants status at the time of the low TSH level, ...
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as TSH or thyrotropin) is a peptide hormone synthesized and secreted by thyrotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland which regulate the endocrine function of the thyroid gland. TSH is a glycoprotein and consists of two subunits, the alpha and the beta ...
RESULTS. Six Sigma values calculated for the QC level 1 ranged from 4.92 to 6.20 across all equipment, while for the QC level 2 Six Sigma varied from 4.87 to 7.59. All values found were classified as Good, Excellent and World Class according to the normalized method decision chart. These ...
with low TSH and normal total T4 levels in the absence of treatment with thyroid hormone.DESIGN: Retrospective chart review was performed to determine participants status at the time of the low TSH level, with additional recording of follow-up thyroid hormone levels, cardiac rhythm, and mortality...
SummaryObjectives To assess (i) the influence of Thyrotropin (TSH) suppression at a level of <0·1 mU/l and (ii) whether FT3 and FT4 levels have a prognostic significance independently of TSH values with regard to survival in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and...