Thyroid disease (main): Difference between revisions

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Thyroid physiology

Sharma AN, Levy DL; Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders; in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. St. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2014, (Ch) 128: p 1676-1693.
Agus, MSD: Chapter 86 – Endocrine Emergencies, in Fleisher & Ludwig’s Textbook of Pediatric EM, 6th Ed., Lippincott Williams & Williams, 2010, p. 779-780

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 *Spectrum of Disease
 **[[Myxedema coma]] << [[hypothyroid]] < euthyroid > [[hyperthyroid]] >> [[thyroid storm]]
-===Other===
-#Cretinism - no congenital T3 or T4
-#Parafollicular C cells make calcitonin to keep the bone in
-#Endemic goiter- if patient from area of low iodine intake
-#Free t3 & t4 determines thyroid state - not total plasma conc
-#T4→ T3 active & rt3 inactive
-#TRH → TSH → T4 → T3
 ==Evaluation==