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Comparison of Urine Iodine/Creatinine ratio between Patients following Stringent and Less Stringent Low Iodine Diet for Radioiodine Remnant Ablation of Thyroid Cancer  

Roh, Jee-Ho (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Kim, Byung-Il (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Ha, Ji-Su (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Chang, Sei-Joong (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Shin, Hye-Young (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Choi, Joon-Hyuk (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Kim, Do-Min (Departments of Internal Medicine, Han-il Hospital)
Kim, Chong-Soon (Department of Nuclear Medicine Han-il Hospital)
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / v.40, no.6, 2006 , pp. 322-326 More about this Journal
Abstract
A low iodine diet (LID) for $1{\sim}2$ weeks is recommended for patients who undergoing radioiodine remnant ablation. However, the LID educations for patients are different among centers because there is no concrete recommendation for protocol of LID. In this investigation, we compared two representative types of LID protocols performed in several centers in Korea using urine iodine to creatinine ratio (urine I/Cr). Methods: From 2006, April to June, patients referred to our center for radioiodine remnant ablation of thyroid cancer from several local hospitals which had different LID protocols were included. We divided into two groups, stringent LID for 1week and less stringent LID for 2 weeks, then measured their urine I/Cr ratio with spot urine when patients were admitted to the hospital. Results: Total 27 patients were included in this investigation (M:F=1:26; 13 in one-week stringent LID; 14 in two-week less stringent LID. Average of urine I/Cr ratio was $127.87{\pm}78.52{\mu}g/g$ in stringent LID for 1 week, and $289.75{\pm}188.24{\mu}g/g$ in less stringent LID for 2 weeks. It was significantly lower in stringent LID for 1 week group (p=0.008). The number of patients whose urine I/Cr ratios were below $100{\mu}g/g$ was 6 of 13 in stringent LID for 1 week group, and 3 of 14 in less stringent LID for 2 weeks group. Conclusion: Stringent LID for 1 week resulted in better urinary I/Cr ratio in our investigation compared with the other protocol. However it still resulted in plenty of inadequate range of I/Cr ratio, so more stringent protocol such as stringent LID for 2 weeks is expected more desirable.
Keywords
urine I/Cr ratio; low iodine diet; radioiodine remnant ablation; I-131 therapy; thyroid cancer;
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