The Thyroid
The Parathyroid
The Adrenals
A & P
NANDAs
100
Weight loss, heat intolerance, nervousness, palpitations, and diarrhea
What are symptoms of hyperthyroidism?
100
The most important regulator of calcium
What is parathyroid hormone?
100
buffalo hump, moon face, heavy trunk, thin skin, overgrowth of hair, bruises, weight gain, slow healing wounds.
What are clinical manifestations of Cushing's disease?
100
When serum levels of TH is low, TSH is secreted by the hypothalmus to stimulate the thyroid to produce more TH.
What is negative feedback loop
100
A patient with Cushing's Syndrome with fatigue and weakness
What is risk of injury?
200
excessive secretion of TH causing marked increase in systemic adrenergic activity
What is thyroid storm?
200
in bone remodeling, it is the term used for taking away calcium
What is resorption?
200
pheochromocytoma
What is a tumor of the adrenal gland that can cause hypofunction of the gland?
200
stimulation of sequential growth and development during childhood and adolescence
What is one function of the endocrine system?
200
A client with Adrenal insufficiency and adrenal crisis
What is fluid volume deficit r/t adrenal insufficiency?
300
levothyroxine 50-100mcg/daily titrate up 25mcg every 4-6 weeks. Normal dose is 125mcg daily.
What is the treatment of hypothyroidism?
300
most common cause is accidental removal during thyroid surgery
What is hypoparathyroidism?
300
low B/P, fever, cyanosis, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia, hyponatremia
What are signs of adrenal crisis?
300
Because of the proximity of these two organs, several neruotransmitters as well as physical and emotional stressors influence the release of hormones.
What is the hypotohalamic-pituitary complex and the brain.
300
A client with Addison's Disease with a potassium level of 5.8
What is cardiac insufficiency r/t hyperkalcemia as evidenced by dysrrhymias?
400
an autoimmune disease more common in females, elevated TH, goiter, difficulty swallowing, exopthalmos
What is Grave's disease?
400
when we injest 1000mg of this drug, we only absorb 600mg of it
What is calcium?
400
headache, lassitude, N&V abdominal pain, diarrhea
What are symptoms of adrenal crisis?
400

The neurohypophysis and the adenohypophysis

What are the other names for the anterior and posterior pituitary gland?

400
warm moist compresses, artificial tears, raise HOB
What are interventions for exophthalmos?
500
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
What is a chronic autoimmune disorder where there is inflammation and then destruction and fibrosis of the throid gland resulting in hyperthyroidism?
500

A secondary cause of hyperparathyroidism 

Chronic renal Failure

500
hydrocortisone 100-300mg IV STAT, initiate IV fluids, treat hypoglycemia if appropriate, treat underlying infection, investigate underlying cause
What is the treatment of adrenal crisis?
500
Growth Hormone (GH), TSH, ACTH, gonadotropic, and prolactin hormone
What are the hormones secreted by the adenophypophysis? (anterior pituitary)
500
tracheotomy set at bedside
What is an intervention for post thyroidectomy?
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