NUR 3225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kidney Transplantation, Orthostatic Hypotension, Hypotension

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Lifelong therapy will be necessary: glucocorticoids, thyroid hormone, sex hormones, describe clinical presentation and causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Describe the treatment and nursing care including critical elements of self-management education in patients with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism: hyperthyroidism, related to effect of thyroid hormone excess, meta(cid:271)olis(cid:373, tissue se(cid:374)siti(cid:448)it(cid:455, goiter, auscultation: bruits. Inspection: ophthalmopathy, abnormal eye appearance or function, exophthalmos. Increased fat deposits and fluid: eyeballs forced outward, cardiovascular system, systolic hypertension, bounding, rapid pulse; palpitations, ca(cid:396)dia(cid:272) output, cardiac hypertrophy, respiratory system. Increased respiratory rate: dyspnea on mild exertion. Integumentary system: warm, smooth, moist skin, thin, brittle nails, hair loss, musculoskeletal system, fatigue, muscle weakness, nervous system, nervousness, fine tremors. Lability of mood, delirium: reproductive system, menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, decreased libido, gynecomastia in men, decreased fertility. Intolerance to heat: other, elevated basal temperature, eyelid retraction, rapid speech. Lid lag, stare: g(cid:396)a(cid:448)e"s disease, 80% of cases of hyperthyroidism, goiter, exopthalmos, pretibial myxedema, autoimmune disorder, thyrotoxicosis (thyrotoxic crisis)

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