Table of Contents

PREVALENCE OF HYPERTHYROIDISM IN AGING

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM

Cardiovascular symptoms and signs

Bone metabolism and hyperthyroidism

DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM

CAUSES OF THYROTOXICOSIS.

Graves' disease and toxic nodular hyperthyroidism

Other causes of thyrotoxicosis

Amiodarone and the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis

TREATMENT OF THYROTOXICOSIS

Antithyroid drugs

Beta-adrenergic blocking agents and other drugs as adjunctive therapies

Treatment of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT)

Radioiodine therapy

Surgical treatment of thyrotoxicosis

SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM

SCREENING FOR HYPERTHYROIDISM IN ELDERLY SUBJECTS