GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THYROID DISEASE

GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THYROID DISEASE HOME

Summaries of most of these guidelines are available at WWW.GUIDELINES.GOV. Complete versions for down-loading can be obtained electronically using the hyperlinks indicated below, but some of these seem to work erratically.

Guideline on management of thyroid disease in Pregnancy J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Aug;92(8 Suppl):S1-47.Abalovich M, Amino N, Barbour LA, Cobin RH, De Groot LJ, Glinoer D, Mandel SJ, Stagnaro-Green A Management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Aug;92(8 Suppl):S1-47

Guideline on use of Ultrasound ---American Institute in Ultrasound Practice Guideline for the Performance of Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound Examination http://www.aium.org/publications/clinical/thyroid.pdf

Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer were released by the American Thyroid Association in January 2006http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/thy.2006.16.ft-1

AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION GUIDELINE ON THYROID NODULES AND CANCER Cooper DS, Doherty GM, Haugen BR, Kloos RT, Lee SL, Mandel SJ, Mazzaferri EL, McIver B, Sherman SI, Tuttle RM. 2006 Management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid. 16: 1-32

European consensus for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma of the follicular epithelium.Pacini F, Schlumberger M, Dralle H, Rossella E, Smit JWA, Wiersinga W. 2006. Eur J Endocrinol. 154:787-803

Guidelines for clinical Practice for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules were released by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in Jan 2006

Treatment guidelines for patients with hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Peter A. Singer, David S. Cooper, Elliot G. Levy, Paul W. Ladenson, Lewis E. Braverman, Gilbert Daniels, Francis S. Greenspan, I. Ross McDougall, Thomas F. Nikolai. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 1995;273:808-812.

Guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction.
American Thyroid Association. Guidelines for detection of thyroid dysfunction. Arch Intern Med 2000 Jun 12;160(11):1573-5. [23 references] Electronic copies: Available from the online Archives of Internal Medicine at the American Medical Association (AMA) Web site. A link is also provided at the American Thyroid Association Web site.

Medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
AACE Thyroid Task Force. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the evaluation and treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Endocr Pract 2002 Nov-Dec;8(6):457-69. [46 references]
Electronic copies: Available in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Web site.

Laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease.
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB). NACB: laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease. Washington (DC): National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB); 2002. 125 p. [495 references]
Electronic copies: Available from the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) Web site: Word Format Portable Document Format (PDF)

Medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma. AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. American College of Endocrinology. Endocr Pract 2001 May-Jun;7(3):202-20. [113 references] Electronic copies: Available in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Web site.

Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies.
Potassium Iodide Working Group. Guidance document. Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies. Rockville (MD): U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; 2001 Nov. 12 p. [31 references] Electronic copies: Available from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Web site.

Procedure guideline for extended scintigraphy for differentiated thyroid cancer.
Society of Nuclear Medicine. Procedure guideline for extended scintigraphy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Reston (VA): Society of Nuclear Medicine; 1999 Feb. 15 p. (Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guidelines; no. 2.0). [5 references] Electronic copies: Available from the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Web site

Procedure guideline for thyroid scintigraphy.
Procedure guideline for thyroid scintigraphy, 2.0. Reston (VA): Society of Nuclear Medicine; 1999 Feb. 15 p. (Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guidelines; no. 2.0). [9 references] Electronic copies: Available from the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Web site

Procedure guideline for thyroid uptake measurement.
Procedure guideline for thyroid uptake measurement, 2.0. Reston (VA): Society of Nuclear Medicine; 1999 Feb. 15 p. (Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guidelines; no. 2.0). [9 references] Electronic copies: Available from the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Web site.

Procedure guideline for therapy of thyroid disease with iodine-131 (sodium iodide). Society of Nuclear Medicine procedure guideline for therapy of thyroid disease with iodine-131 (sodium iodide). Reston (VA): Society of Nuclear Medicine; 2002 Feb 10. 11 p. [15 references] Electronic copies: Available in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) Web site.

Ultrasonographic examinations: indications and preparation of the patient.
Finnish Medical Society Duodecim. Ultrasonographic examinations: indications and preparation of the patient. Helsinki, Finland: Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd.; 2001 Oct 24. Various p.