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Chapter 66. Care of Patients with Problems of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands . Hyperthyroidism. Thyrotoxicosis Graves’ disease is the most frequent cause; usually has goiter, exophthalmos, pretibial myxedema Assessment History Physical assessment Clinical manifestations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 66
Care of Patients with Problems of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
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Hyperthyroidism Thyrotoxicosis Graves’ disease is the most frequent
cause; usually has goiter, exophthalmos, pretibial myxedema
Assessment History Physical assessment Clinical manifestations Psychosocial assessment
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Exophthalmos
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Goiter
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Laboratory Tests
T3, T4, T3RU, TSH, TSH-RAb Thyroid scan Ultrasonography ECG
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Nonsurgical Management Monitoring Reducing stimulation Promoting comfort Drug therapy—antithyroid drugs, iodine
preparations, lithium, beta-adrenergic blocking drugs
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Surgical Management
Total thyroidectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy
Postoperative complications: Hemorrhage Respiratory distress Hypocalcemia and tetany Laryngeal nerve damage Thyroid storm or thyroid crisis Eye and vision problems of Graves’ disease
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Hypothyroidism
Decreased metabolism from low levels of thyroid hormones
Myxedema Myxedema coma
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Myxedema
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Hypothyroidism: Assessment
History Physical assessment Clinical manifestations Psychosocial assessment Laboratory assessment
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Hypothyroidism: Community-Based Care
Home care management Health teaching Health care resources
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Thyroiditis Inflammation of the thyroid gland Three types of thyroiditis—acute; subacute
(granulomatous); and chronic (Hashimoto’s disease), the most common type
Nonsurgical management, drug therapy Surgical management
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Thyroid Cancer
Papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic
Collaborative management Surgery
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Hyperparathyroidism Parathyroid glands—calcium and
phosphate balance Hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia
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Hyperparathyroidism: Nonsurgical Management
Diuretic and hydration therapies Monitoring Preventing injury Drug therapy
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Hyperparathyroidism: Surgical Management
Parathyroidectomy
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Hyperparathyroidism: Surgical Management (Cont’d)
Postoperative care includes: Observe for respiratory distress. Keep emergency equipment at bedside. Hypocalcemic crisis can occur. Recurrent laryngeal nerve damage can occur.
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Hypoparathyroidism
Decreased function of the parathyroid gland
Iatrogenic hypoparathyroidism Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism Hypomagnesemia Interventions—correcting hypocalcemia,
vitamin D deficiency, and hypomagnesemia