Italian guidelines for the management of adult individuals with primary hypothyroidism outside pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The present guideline (GL) is aimed to improve and standardize the treatment of primary hypothyroidism in non-pregnant adults and to offer all the patients the best possible care across the Italian country.

Target population

Non-pregnant adults with hypothyroidism.

Excluded population

This GL does not cover the treatment of hypothyroidism in children and adolescents under 18 years of age, in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, nor in subjects with central hypothyroidism. Also patients who require suppressive therapy with levothyroxine after thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer and those with transient iatrogenic hypothyroidism were not considered in this GL.

Methods

The direct costs and the utilization of resources over time were evaluated for the implemen

SUBMITTER: Guglielmi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12518491 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature