Keywords
risk factors, iodine deficiency, screening, ultrasound examination, thyroid hormones
Abstract
The article is devoted to general practitioners working in family polyclinics (FPs) and family physicians' points (PSVs), who should carry out timely identification of risk factors for iodine deficiency and cytological conditions at the initial preclinical stages according to an algorithm that includes the collection of complaints and anamnesis, examination and palpation thyroid gland, ultrasound examination, when pathology is detected, the determination of thyroid hormones, which has a high sensitivity.