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51st Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Glasgow, UK
08 Oct 2024 - 10 Oct 2024

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The 51st Annual BSPED Meeting will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow from Tuesday 8 – Thursday 10 October 2024.

Personal Practice Session

Personal Practice Session

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Management of abnormal TFTs - when to hold your nerve?

Cheetham Tim

The best doctors will do more tests and give more medicines - or maybe not. This presentation will discuss when it is good to watch and wait or even discharge the young person with supposedly abnormal' thyroid function tests. Some of the clinical / biochemical clues that may help to prevent a lifetime on thyroxine (when this is not really needed) will be highlighted. Bottom line - many healthy people have numbers outside a quoted reference range and try to make sure that one o...