Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland in hospitalized, chronically III geriatric patients: Thyroid volume, its relationship to age and disease, and the prevalence of diffuse and nodular goiter
✍ Scribed by Judit Gönczi; Dr. Istvan Szabolcs; Zsuzsa Kovacs; Tibor Kakosy; Miklos Goth; Geza Szilagyi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 422 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland was performed in a screening study of 177 chronically ill, hospitalized geriatric patients older than 60 years of age, from an area with only moderate iodine deficiency. The normal reference ranges of thyroid volume for males (1.7 mL to 22.2 mL) and for females 2.4 mL to 20.9 mL) were similar. The thyroid volume decreased with age in the euthyroid group and was also smaller in euthyroid females in bad health. The prevalence of goiter and thyroid nodules were 7.9% and 11.3%, respectively. Thus, the decrease of the thyroid volume in this geriatric population is probably related to both old age and diseases of the aged. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.