title: Management of Graves' disease: an overview and comparison of clinical practice guidelines with actual practice trends.
abstract: Over the last century, much has been learned about the pathogenesis, manifestations, and management of Graves' disease leading to the establishment of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. The joint clinical practice guidelines from the American Thyroid Association and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists give recommendations on both the diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism. A survey of clinicians performed that same year, however, revealed that current practices diverge from these recently published guidelines in multiple areas. These differences will need to be assessed serially to determine the impact of the guidelines on future clinical practice and perhaps vice versa.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Building 19, 5th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: Becky T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Muldoon
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Building 19, 5th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: Vinh Q
authors.initials: VQ
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Building 19, 5th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA; Endocrinology Division, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Electronic address: henry.burch@us.army.mil.
authors.forename: Henry B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Burch
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
keywords: Clinical practice guidelines; Clinical practice survey; Hyperthyroidism; Management