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ReviewAvicenna journal of medicine2024

Clearing the Skepticism about Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Is It Beneficial to Treat Patients with Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone >4.5 and <10 mIU/L?

Hafsa Bushra, Murtaza Rashid

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Review in Avicenna journal of medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Hafsa BushraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Royal Commission Hospital Jubail, Jubail, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4668-9686
Murtaza RashidDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Royal Commission Hospital Jubail, Jubail, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1976-4524

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is a heterogeneous clinical condition ranging from asymptomatic to wide variety of clinical manifestations, which are often nonspecific. Being a common laboratory finding, clinicians often face the dilemma of whether to treat or not. Threshold of 10 mIU/L of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is often used as a cutoff limit to offer treatment. However, still, debate remains on whether to treat less than 10 mIU/L considering special clinical conditions like pregnancy. Whether SCH exists, is screening needed in asymptomatic individuals, is treating asymptomatic cases beneficial or harmful and what threshold level of TSH to be considered for treatment are all potential questions that need to be answered.

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hypothyroidismsubclinical hypothyroidismthyroidthyroxine

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PMID39584162
PMCPMC11581835

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