PMID- 10206613
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990426
LR  - 20190831
IS  - 0003-9993 (Print)
IS  - 0003-9993 (Linking)
VI  - 80
IP  - 4
DP  - 1999 Apr
TI  - Hypothyroidism: its incidence and prevalence in adults older than 55 years of age 
      in an acute rehabilitation unit.
PG  - 468-9
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence and prevalence of hypothyroidism in the 
      acute rehabilitation unit. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Inpatient 
      rehabilitation unit. PATIENTS: Thirty-five men and 91 women older than the age of 
      55 years (average, 74 years) separated into postsurgical (PS) and nonsurgical 
      (NS) groups. Twenty-two men and 76 women were PS, 21 of whom had a history of 
      hypothyroidism. Thirteen men and 15 women were NS, and 4 in this group had a 
      history of hypothyroidism. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Levels of thyroid-stimulating 
      hormone and free thyroxine. RESULTS: There were 34 cases of hypothyroidism, a 
      prevalence rate of 27%. The incidence of newly diagnosed cases was 9% (9 of 101). 
      Six of the newly diagnosed cases were PS patients and three were NS patients. 
      Eleven cases of undertreated hypothyroidism were found, in 9 PS patients and 2 NS 
      patients. The rate of undertreated hypothyroidism in the PS population was 43% (9 
      of 21); in the nonsurgical population, it was 50% (2 of 4). The overall rate of 
      undertreated hypothyroidism for both PS and NS groups was 44% (11 of 25). 
      CONCLUSION: There is a high prevalence of hypothyroidism on an inpatient 
      rehabilitation unit and a high rate of undertreated hypothyroidism in PS 
      patients. Screening high-risk patients is recommended.
FAU - Cristian, A
AU  - Cristian A
AD  - Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, North Shore University Hospital 
      at Glen Cove, NY, USA.
FAU - Berlow, A
AU  - Berlow A
FAU - Ravishankar, T
AU  - Ravishankar T
FAU - Root, B
AU  - Root B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Phys Med Rehabil
JT  - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
JID - 2985158R
RN  - 9002-71-5 (Thyrotropin)
RN  - Q51BO43MG4 (Thyroxine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypothyroidism/diagnosis/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Patient Admission
MH  - Rehabilitation Centers/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Thyrotropin/blood
MH  - Thyroxine/blood
EDAT- 1999/04/17 00:00
MHDA- 1999/04/17 00:01
CRDT- 1999/04/17 00:00
PHST- 1999/04/17 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/04/17 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/04/17 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-9993(99)90288-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0003-9993(99)90288-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1999 Apr;80(4):468-9. doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(99)90288-5.