Table 3.
Consensus recommendations from international societies for pre- and post-procedural checklists
| Checklist | Korea | Italy | Austria | United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-procedural | ||||||
| US findings | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Size, echogenicity, proportion of solid component, internal vascularity, and cervical lymph node | Size and proportion of solid component | Size and cervical lymph node | ||||
| Symptom and cosmetic scores | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Laboratory findings | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| CBC, coagulation test, and TFT | TFT | TFT | NA | |||
| Other imaging | ||||||
| CT | Selectivea) | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Thyroid scanb) | Y | NA | Y | NA | ||
| Laryngoscopy | NA | NA | Y | NA | ||
| Post-procedural | ||||||
| US findings | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Size, echogenicity, internal vascularity | Size | Size, echogenicity, internal vascularity, and cervical lymph node | ||||
| Symptom and cosmetic scores | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Laboratory findings | Y | Y | Y | NA | ||
| TFT on AFTN | TFT and autoantibody | |||||
| Other imaging | ||||||
| CT | Selectivea) | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Thyroid scanb) | Y | NA | Y | NA | ||
| Laryngoscopy | NA | NA | Y | NA | ||
US, ultrasonography; Y, recommended; CBC, complete blood count; TFT, thyroid function test (thyrotropin, triiodothyronine, and free thyroxine); NA, not applicable; CT, computed tomography; AFTN, autonomously functioning thyroid nodule.
a)
Recommended for intrathoracic goiter.
b)
Recommended for AFTN.