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8721889

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Our objective was to examine the clinical practice of testing thyroid function in a mixed community and referral psychiatry inpatient unit. We evaluated (1) the frequency of ordering screening, (2) the type of test, and (3) the incidence of thyroid function abnormality among those tested. We reviewed thyroid function tests obtained on 277 consecutive first time adult admissions to the psychiatric wards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, from 1992 through 1993, who met the DSM-III R diagnostic criteria for major depression or dysthymia. Of the 277 subjects, 260 (94%) had thyroid function tests performed which included evaluation of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Seventeen patients (6.5%) had a TSH outside the normal range. Of these, there were two cases (0.4%) suggestive of hyperthyroidism and no overt cases of hypothyroidism. Eight patients had subclinical hypothyroidism (elevated TSH, normal T4). Although screening thyroid tests are often routine for depressed inpatients, our data suggest that thyroid screening may add little to diagnostic evaluation. Overt thyroid disease is rare among depressed inpatients.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1040-1237
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Routine screening of thyroid function in patients hospitalized for major depression or dysthymia?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article