Clinical practice guidelines “Management of iodine deficiency disorders”

• DOI: 10.14341/probl12750
• Publication Date: 2021-07-23T06:46:08Z
• Authors: F. M. Abdulkhabirova; O. B. Bezlepkina; D. N. Brovin; T. A. Vadina; G. A. Melnichenko; E. V. Nagaeva; L. V. Nikankina; V. A. Peterkova; N. M. Platonova; A. A. Rybakova; T. V. Soldatova; E. A. Troshina; T. Y. Shiryaeva
• Keywords: Adult; Infant, Newborn; Humans; Child; Thyroglobulin; Biomarkers; Goiter, Nodular; Iodine; 3. Good health

Iodine deficiency disorders is a sweeping term that includes structural and functional impairment of the thyroid gland.These clinical guidelines include algorithms for the diagnosis and treatment of euthyroid goiter and nodular/ multinodular goiter in adults and children. In addition, these clinical guidelines contain information on methods for an adequate epidemiological assessment of iodine deficiency disorders using such markers as the percentage of goiter in schoolchildren, the median urinary iodine concentration, the level of neonatal TSH, the median thyroglobulin in children and adults. As well from these clinical guidelines, you can get to know the main methods and groups of epidemiological studies of iodine deficiency disorders.