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Thyroid Disease

AUTHOR:
Joseph Mort
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Explain the regulation of thyroid hormone secretion.
  2. Recognize the symptoms of hypothyroidism and list possible causes of this disorder.
  3. Know the treatment of hypothyroidism.
  4. Recognize the symptoms of hyperthyroidism and understand what diagnostic tests are used to identify the cause.
  5. Identify the unique presentation Grave’s Disease and its pathologic mechanism.
  6. List the management options for hyperthyroidism and complications of each.
  7. Compare and contrast the various types of thyroiditis.
  8. Understand the affects that hypo- and hyperthyroidism can have on a developing fetus.
  9. List common medications that interfere with normal thyroid function.
  10. Be familiar with the diagnostic workup of a thyroid nodule.
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > Anatomy and Physiology in Endocrinology > THYROID
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 > Hypothyroidism & Myxedema
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 > Hyperthyroidism (Thyrotoxicosis)
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 > Thyroid Nodules & Multinodular Goiter
Case File
AccessMedicine > Case Files: Physiology 2e > Case 34 > Thyroid Disease
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AccessMedicine > Case Files: Biochemistry 3e > Case 45 > Hypothyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 106 > Hyperthyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 107 > Hypothyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 111 > Subclinical Hypothyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 112 > Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
Case File
AccessMedicine > Vanderbilt Internal Medicine and Pediatric Curriculum > 27 > Hypothyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Vanderbilt Internal Medicine and Pediatric Curriculum > 28 > Hyperthyroidism
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AccessMedicine > Workbook and Casebook for Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics > Case 27 > Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs
Case File
AccessMedicine > Graber and Wilbur’s Family Medicine Examination and Board Review, 5th Edition > Endocrinology Case 10.03 > Endocrinology Case 10.03
Case File
AccessMedicine > Graber and Wilbur’s Family Medicine Examination and Board Review, 5th Edition > Endocrinology Case 10.01 > Endocrinology Case 10.01
Section
AccessMedicine > The Infographic Guide to Medicine > Endocrinology > Hyperthyroidism
Section
AccessMedicine > The Infographic Guide to Medicine > Endocrinology > Hypothyroidism

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