Diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism in old people : A new old challenge.
Antonio Maria BorzìAntonio BiondiFrancesco BasileMarco VacantePublished in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (2019)
The administration of replacement therapy in older adults should consider frailty, polypharmacy and a high risk to develop overtreatment symptoms. On the other hand, older patients with untreated or undertreated hypothyroidism may develop a state of myxedema coma.