What is thyroiditis - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam 2: PNR 207/ PNR207 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Transition to PN/VN Practice – Capstone Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Fortis Q: What to do first if you suspect a patient is having an abnormal heart rhythm? Answer: Assess them first Q: Assessing a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis and if there are complications during instillation Answer: Check for kinks, call the MD, position patient on their side Q: · Nursing assessment o...

3P’s EXAM Updated 2023 NSG6020 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 3P’s EXAM 1. When performing a visual acuity test the nurse practitioner notes 20/30 in the left eye and 20/40 in the right eye using the Snellen eye chart. This means: a) have the patient returning in two weeks for a follow up vision screen b) dilated the eye and retest c) refer the patient to an ophthalmologist d) document this as a normal finding 2. The American psychiatric association’s diagnostic and statistical manual of m...

AANP 2023 Study guide Measles (Rubeola) - CORRECT ANSWER-What RNA virus is associated with cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis with photophobia, rash that starts on head or face? Ortolani maneuver - CORRECT ANSWER-technique for checking hip integrity. unequal movement suggests the hip is dislocated varicocele - CORRECT ANSWER-enlarged, dilated veins near the testicle bladder cancer - CORRECT ANSWER-cancerous tumor that arises from the cells lining the bladder; major sign is hematuria, sm...

USMLE STEP 3 REVIEW EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Antimitochondrial antibodies? - correct answer Primary biliary cirrhosis Antismooth muscle antibody? - correct answer Primary sclerosing cholangitis What is the best initial test for primary sclerosing cholangitis? Most accurate? - correct answer Initial: elevated ALP, *elevated bilirubin* Best: ERCP (beading of biliary system) Others: antismooth muscle antibody, ANCA positive Treatment for both primary biliary cirrhosis and p...

Dunphy Chapter 7 Skin Problems Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest 2024 Version What is the most common cause of hair loss? - Androgenetic Alopecia or male pattern baldness. What causes alopecia areata? - The cause of alopecia areata is unknown, although an immunological mechanism may be involved. Gray hair is spared Under close exam of the scalp, short stubby hairs may be noted. May be associated with: Hashimoto's thyroiditis Addison's disease Pernicious anemia What are the ...

The nurse is explaining how the endocrine system works and explains that glands excrete hormones to receptors, but once the receptors receive the hormone they switch off. She explains this as which of the following? a. Positive feedback system b. Negative feedback system - B A patient is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of diabetes insipidus (DI). The nurse should be aware of what primary characteristics of DI? a. Decreased urinary output and decreased plasma osmolality b. Exc...

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) - ANSWER Any clinically significant symptomatic condition or histopathological alteration presumed to be secondary to reflux of gastric contents into the lower esophagus. What is onset for chronic thyroiditis and what causes this? - ANSWER Often asymptomatic for a long time. Caused by abnormal blood antibodies and WBC attacking/damaging thyroid cells

hypothyroidism clinical state resulting from a reduction in the amount of circulating free thyroid hormone, or from resistance to the action of thyroid hormone hypothyroidism risk factors increasing age family hx postpartum hypothalmic ds autoimmune ds hx of head and neck irradiation txment of hyperthyroidism surgical removal of thyroid gland txment w/ lithium, interferon, amiodarone Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15...

Family Medicine Board review questionsmost likely cause of the following symptoms 1. frequent abdominal pain 2. nonbloody diarrhea 3. 20 lb weight loss 4. chronic intensely pruritic vesicular rash - correct answer celiac sprue (autoimmune d/o) inflammation of small bowel wall, blunting of villi (villous atrophy), resultant malabsorption serum IgA tissue transglutaminase antibodies (TTG) dermatitis herpetiformis Signs of primary hyperaldosteronism, and diagnosis? - correct answ...

Exam 1 Nursing 124 Define Glands - correct answer maintain and regulate vital functions; produce hormone; secrete to target tissues Define hypothalamus - correct answer functions within pituitary gland; secretes "releasing" and "inhibiting" hormones Define Thyroid - correct answer produces T3 and T4 which affects the metabolic rate; produces calcitonin to increase calcium storage in bone Define parathyroid - correct answer secretes PTH which regulates blood levels of calcium and ph...