Clinical Review
Evaluation and Diagnosis
Thyroid Disorders in Elderly Adults, Part 1
Fed Pract. 2010 January;27(1):38
Author and Disclosure Information
Quang Nguyen, DO, Jeffrey C. Andal, MD, Loida Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS, and James V. Felicetta, MD
Dr. Q. Nguyen is an assistant professor of medicine in the department of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism and Dr. Andal is an assistant professor of medicine, both at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine. Dr. L. Nguyen is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Reno. Dr. Felicetta is the chair of the department of medicine at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ; a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson; and the editor-in-chief of Federal Practitioner.
The atypical presentation of thyroid dysfunction in elders challenges clinicians to detect these disorders before they cause significant morbidity or death.