Consensus statement for good practice and audit measures in the management of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

Methods Recognised United Kingdom authorities with an international reputation for clinical research as thyroid specialists were invited to produce background papers on specific aspects of the topic which summarised the relevant available published evidence from peer reviewed journals (see contribut...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 1996-08, Vol.313 (7056), p.539-544
Hauptverfasser: Vanderpump, M P J, Ahlquist, J A O, Franklyn, J A, Clayton, R N
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Zusammenfassung:Methods Recognised United Kingdom authorities with an international reputation for clinical research as thyroid specialists were invited to produce background papers on specific aspects of the topic which summarised the relevant available published evidence from peer reviewed journals (see contributors of background papers listed at the end of this report). Because of the potential for bias in consensus development by small groups the background papers were circulated to members of a larger working group before a workshop held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. Professor R N Clayton (chairman of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Committee of the Royal College of Physicians of London, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent (chairman)); Dr J A O Ahlquist (Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford); Professor A B Atkinson (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast); Dr G Beastall (chairman of the Association of Clinical Biochemists); Dr P Belchetz (Leeds General Infirmary); Dr W Burr (Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield); Professor J A Franklyn (University Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham); Mrs J Hickey (national coordinator, British Thyroid Foundation); Dr A Hopkins (director, Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians of London); Dr T A Howlett (Leicester Royal Infirmary); Dr W Jeffcoate (City Hospital, Nottingham); Professor P Kendall-Taylor (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne); Dr J H Lazarus (Llandough Hospital, Cardiff); Dr N Marshall (representative of the Association of Clinical Biochemists, University College Hospital, London); Professor A McGregor (King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London); Dr J Parle (department of general practice, University of Birmingham); Mr G Proud (department of surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne); Dr S Rawaf (director of public health, Merton, Sutton, and Wands-worth Health Authority); Mr C Russell (president of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast); Mrs E Schwier (trustee, British Thyroid Foundation); Professor M C Sheppard (chairman of the Clinical Practice Subcommittee of the Society for Endocrinology); Dr A D Toft (Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh); Dr W M G Tunbridge (president of the Thyroid Club, director of postgraduate medical education, Oxford University and region); Dr M P J Vanderpump (City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent); Professor J A H Wass (Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford); Professor A P Weetman (Northern General
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.313.7056.539