Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease - Thyroid Disease ManagerThyroid Disease Manager

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.

Management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.
De Groot L, Abalovich M, Alexander EK, Amino N, Barbour L, Cobin RH, Eastman CJ, Lazarus JH, Luton D, Mandel SJ, Mestman J, Rovet J, Sullivan S.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Aug;97(8):2543-65
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22869843

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

ATA GUIDELINES ON THYROID DISEASE IN PREGNANCY2011
Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and Postpartum http://thyroidguidelines.net/pregnancy

ATA GUIDELINES ON THYROIDNODULES AND CANCER-2009
Revised American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
http://thyroidguidelines.com/revised/taskforce
ATA GUIDELINES ON MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER 2011
Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Management Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association http://thyroidguidelines.com/medullary/taskforce

ATA GUIDELINES ON MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM/THYROTOXICOSIS2011
Hyperthyroidism and Other Causes of Thyrotoxicosis: Management Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) and AACE http://thyroidguidelines.net/hyperthyroidism

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

European consensus for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
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

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.