Pituitary, Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders
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No survival benefit of RAI seen in early-stage thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Radioactive iodine appears to offer the best survival impact in patients with advanced differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Major...
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Anticoagulants sharply increase hematoma risk after thyroid, parathyroid surgery
Key clinical point: Clopidogrel and anticoagulants are risk factors for hematoma after thyroid or parathyroid surgery. Major finding: The odds of...
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Postdiagnosis imaging common in thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Regardless of stage, clinicians are doing more postdiagnosis imaging of thyroid cancer patients than they were in the 1990s....
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Growth hormone replacement may prevent fractures
Key clinical point: Growth hormone replacement therapy in adults with GH deficiency may have an appealing side benefit: reduced fracture risk.
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Depression, withdrawal worse when short children treated with GH
Key clinical point: The slight increase in adult height might not be worth the psychological risks of GH treatment in children.Major finding:...
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Mifepristone for Cushing’s brings sustained weight loss
Key clinical point: Treatment of Cushing’s syndrome with the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist mifepristone results in sustained significant...
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Hold the central lymph node dissection for small parathyroid tumors?
Key clinical point: Central lymph node dissection may not be needed for patients with small parathyroid tumors.Major finding: In a multivariate...
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Check thyroid function in children with vitiligo
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A third of follicular thyroid lesions of undetermined significance were malignant
Key clinical point: National estimates of FLUS malignancy may not apply to your institution.Major finding: Among 80 patients diagnosed with FLUS...
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Etomidate drip quickly curbs severe hypercortisolism
Key clinical point: The anesthetic induction agent etomidate is a potent suppressor of cortisol synthesis in the adrenal cortex at subhypnotic...