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An audit of total and free thyroxine measurements in screening for hypo and hyperthyroidism in patients using chemiluminescence immunoassay.
Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry : IJCB 2001 January
An audit of 2509 patient specimens analyzed for both total thyroxine (TT4) and free thyroxine (FT4) by the ACS-180 automated chemiluminescence immunoassay analyzer revealed that there were 219 discrepancies (8.7% of the total). A discrepancy was defined as one analyte within its reference range and the other outside. The discrepant results were divided into 4 groups: group A: normal TT4, but decreased FT4, 101 patients (4.0%); group B: increased TT4, normal FT4, 78 patients (3.1%); group C: decreased TT4, normal FT4, 34 patients (1.4%); and group D: normal TT4, increased FT4, 6 patients (0.2%). TSH measurements were available, by a 3(rd) generation chemiluminescent assay, in 142 of these patients, and were consistent with the FT4 result in 72 patients, with TT4 in 61 cases and with neither in 9 patients. The clinical diagnosis was investigated in a subgroup of 43 endocrine patients. Thirteen of the 20 endocrine patients in group A were diagnosed as hypothyroid, with a measured serum TSH, in 11 of them, of median 14.6, range 1.2 to 46.2 μlU/ml. Eleven of the 19 endocrine patients in group B were on thyroid replacement, with a measured serum TSH, in 7 of them of <0.01 μlU/ml. The audit of current laboratory practice led to a suggestion to replace the current thyroid function screening strategy of measuring both TT4 and FT4 by the combination of FT4 and TSH. The reasons for the discrepancies and the alternative strategies for screening of thyroid function are discussed.
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