Most elderly patients with subclinical hypothyroidism do not need to be treated.

IF 3.4 4区医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.3949/ccjm.92a.24098

Risheng Xu, Nicola Abate, Nalini Ram, Kristina Little

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Abstract

Whether subclinical hypothyroidism should be treated in elderly patients (≥ 65 years) is controversial. The authors argue for a personalized, wait-and-see approach rather than universal treatment, pointing out that randomized clinical trials have not shown that levothyroxine treatment makes any difference in terms of hard clinical end points, quality of life, or hypothyroid symptom relief in elderly patients with this condition.

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

0.00%

发文量

109

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The mission of Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) is to provide its readers with up-to-date, practical, clinical information relevant to internal medicine, cardiology, and related fields. Consistent with this mission, CCJM focuses on timely review articles and other content that has a continuing-education orientation rather than on original research or case reports. CCJM authors, drawn from Cleveland Clinic and other top medical institutions throughout the world, are asked to identify new findings that are changing the practice of medicine and to advise readers how to apply them in daily patient care. Authors are chosen for their experience, acquired through caring for patients, teaching other physicians, and researching clinical questions.