Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Jan 2017)

Patient-centered management of hypothyroidism

  • Sanjay Kalra,
  • Navneet Agarwal,
  • Rashmi Aggarwal,
  • Sameer Agarwal,
  • Sarita Bajaj,
  • Ganapathi Bantwal,
  • A K Das,
  • Sujoy Ghosh,
  • Pritam Gupta,
  • Deepak Khandelwal,
  • Vijay Negalur,
  • Banshi Saboo,
  • Rakesh Sahay,
  • Mangesh Tiwaskar,
  • A G Unnikrishnan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/ijem.IJEM_93_17
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 3
pp. 475 – 477

Abstract

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This communication from the National Indian Patient-centered Thyroid management group (InPACT) deals with a novel, yet essential, aspect of hypothyroidism management. The authors describe the role and scope of patient-centered care in this condition. They focus on the relevance of a patient-centered clinical approach, which will help decide appropriate targets, as well as techniques to achieve those targets. Means of helping persons with hypothyroidism live a healthy life, such as education about precaution in concomitant food and medications intake, as well as sick day management, are discussed.

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