front 1 How are Thyroids made? | back 1 People with hypothyroidism are treated with a synthetic T4 hormone, which enzymes convert to T3 |
front 2 Hypothyroidism medication | back 2 Levothyroxine |
front 3 Thyroid hormone use | back 3 treat an under active thyroid gland |
front 4 Thyroid hormone | back 4 thyroid replacement is used for the treatment of hypothyroidism maintenance of thyroid hormone levels after surgery or radiation of the thyroid |
front 5 Overmedicaiton | back 5 can result in manifestations of thyrotoxicosis ( anxiety, tachycardia, chest pain, nervousness, tremors, palpitations) |
front 6 Thyroid hormone | back 6 Pregnancy risk category A |
front 7 Thyroid Hormone | back 7 increases cardia responsiveness to catecholamines ( epinephrine, dopamine) thereby increasing the risk of dysrhythimas |
front 8 Medication HYPOthyroid | back 8 full effect of the medication can take 6-8 weeks |
front 9 thyroid hormone | back 9 monitor t4 and TSH levels med is dosed in MICROGRAMS |
front 10 Education on med hormone use | back 10 take on empty stomach 30-60 minutes before breakfast lifelong !! |
front 11 Decreased TSH levels | back 11 Evaluation of TSH should not be done until 6-8 weeks following the start of treatment |
front 12 Propylthiouracil (PTU) | back 12 med pregnant population used in first trimester!!! hyperthyroidism: blocks the synthesis of thyroid hormones |
front 13 Methimazole | back 13 replaced after the first trimester in pregnant wm |
front 14 Graves Disease | back 14 goiter thyroidectomy |
front 15 Methimazole ( first-line) therapy | back 15 treament of thyrotoxicosis |
front 16 Thryotoxicosis | back 16 clinical state of inappropriately high levels of circulating thyroid hormones (T3 and or T4) |
front 17 Hypothyroidism | back 17 is a result of overmedicaitons |
front 18 s/s of hypothyroidism | back 18 drowsiness, weight gain, bradycardia, cold intolerance, depression |
front 19 Pregnancy Risk Category D | back 19 Methimazole in the first trimester |
front 20 PTU is ... | back 20 safer in first trimester |
front 21 Methimazole and Propylthiouracil | back 21 Do NOT destroy the thyroid hormone, but rather prevent the continued synthesis of TH |
front 22 medication HYPERthyroid | back 22 medication takes 1-2 weeks for full effect |
front 23 Radioactive Iodine 131 | back 23 possible to destroy the thyroid with ONE dose |
front 24 Raditoactive Iodine | back 24 pregancy risk X |
front 25 Emergency treatment of thyrotoxicosis | back 25 Nonradioactive iodine |
front 26 Iodine products | back 26 intake of foods high in iodine increases the risk for iodism |
front 27 Iodine products | back 27 avoid foods high in potassium |
front 28 Addison disease lacks 2 essential steroid hormone | back 28 ( aldosterone and cortiso l ) |
front 29 Hypocoritsol | back 29 mimics cortisol given to patient with addison |
front 30 Addison's crisis | back 30 Small, weak, and tanned |
front 31 Addison's diseases effects | back 31
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front 32 Cushing's disease | back 32 caused by a somatic gene defect or long-term use of corticosteroids |
front 33 Cush disease | back 33
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front 34 Addison disease medication | back 34
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front 35 Adrenal hormone replacement COMPLICATIONS | back 35 - Glucose intolerance - osteoporosis - adrenal suppression |
front 36 DM Type 1 | back 36 cannot make enough insulin or does not make it at all - genetic abnormality |
front 37 Insulin and Glucagon | back 37 produced by cluster of cells in the pancreas called Islet of Langerhans |
front 38 Type 1 s/s | back 38 3 P's : polyphasia, polyuria, polydipsia, glycosuria (glucose in the urine) |
front 39 DM Type 2 | back 39 makes insulin but the tissue doesn't respond well to it Insulin Resistant! |
front 40 Management of DM type 2 | back 40 weight loss, exercise, healthy diet , antidiabetic meds |
front 41 s/s of DM 2 | back 41 increased thirst, frequent urination, increased hunger, fatigue, blurred vision ( diabetic retinopathy) |
front 42 Risk factors DM 2 | back 42 - htn -obestiy - genetics - lack of exercise |
front 43 HYPOglycemic reactions to insulin are most likely to occur during | back 43 THE PEAK TIME |
front 44 IV glucose | back 44 if client is not conscious, DO NOT risk aspiration administer glucose IV or SQ/IM |
front 45 Glipizide | back 45 sulfonylurea that tells your pancreas to release insulin |
front 46 Metformin | back 46 Biquanide, lowers the amount of sugar the body makes and absorbs from food DO NOT take with ALCOHOL |