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ReviewNature reviews. Endocrinology2024

Medically not yet explained symptoms in hypothyroidism.

Laszlo Hegedüs, Christina M Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, Enrico Papini, Endre V Nagy, Anthony P Weetman, Petros Perros

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Review in Nature reviews. Endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Laszlo Hegedüs *Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. Laszlo.hegedus@rsyd.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9691-7619
Christina M Van Der Feltz-Cornelis *Department of Health Sciences, HYMS, University of York, York, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-8956
Enrico PapiniDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Regina Apostolorum Hospital, Albano, Rome, Italy.
Endre V NagyDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Anthony P WeetmanDepartment of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Petros PerrosTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent symptoms are common in the general population and even more so in people with hypothyroidism. When symptoms are unexplained and brought to medical attention, they can be referred to as medically not yet explained symptoms (MNYES), a term preferred to other descriptors by patients, care-givers and experts. MNYES might be neglected by endocrinologists or misattributed to hypothyroidism. Awareness of MNYES could open up more effective and less harmful interventions for patients who present to endocrinologists with unexplained symptoms than costly over-investigations and over-treatment with thyroid hormones (such as levothyroxine and liothyronine). The role of the endocrinologist is to recognize and acknowledge that MNYES could be underlying a patient's presentation, to communicate effectively with the patient and others involved in the patient's care, to apply a 'two-track approach' in management by paying equal attention to physical and psychosocial contributors, and to collaborate with other relevant health professionals. Categorization of patients into levels of risk for symptom deterioration helps in selecting suitable therapies. Effective management of MNYES demands time, training, expertise and resources.

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HypothyroidismHumansMedically Unexplained SymptomsThyroxineThyroxine

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PMID39138377

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