Normalization of thyroid function tests among thyrotoxicosis patients attending a University Hospital in North-West Ethiopia.

Eyob Alemayehu GebreyohannesEmneteab Mesfin AyeleSoliana Alemayehu TesfayeMohammed Assen Seid

Published in: Thyroid research (2019)

Though PTU is not the preferred antithyroid agent in the management of thyrotoxicosis, all patients used PTU for the management of hyperthyroidism. All TFTs were normalized in only less than one-third of the participants. Resolution of symptoms took longer period of time than expected.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors