NURS 5461
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1. Autoimmune disorder causing hyperthyroidism - Correct Answer:
grave's disease
2. Graves disease can cause a - Correct Answer: goiter and increased T3
3. What diseases show increasaed uptake on thyroid scans - Correct
Answer: toxic nodular goiters and grave's disease
4. What diseases show decreased uptake on thyroid scans - Correct
Answer: thyroiditis
5. Labs for hyperthyroidism - Correct Answer: low TSH, elevated T3 and T4
6. Antithyroid drugs include - Correct Answer: - PTU
- Tapazole
7. Antithyroid drug used in pregnant women - Correct Answer: PTU
,8. PTU BBW - Correct Answer: liver toxicity
9. Tapazole side effects - Correct Answer: agranulocytosis
10.How to treat subacute thyroiditis - Correct Answer: beta blocker and
NSAIDs - follows a viral infection
11.What are symptoms of hyperthyroidism? - Correct Answer: weight loss,
palpitations, heat intolerance
12.Thryoid eye disease is most commonly seen in those with - Correct
Answer: grave's disease
13.Diagnosis for thy roid nodules - Correct Answer: - US is used for
- Thyroid scan is used after
14.The hypothalamus stimulates the pituatary gland by secreting - Correct
Answer: TRS
15.The typical inital dose of oral synthroid in adults is less than - Correct
Answer: 200mcg
16.Endemic goiters occur in what areas - Correct Answer: where soil and
water are deficient in iodine
,17.Patients should be advised to take synthroid - Correct Answer: on an
empty stomach
18.Pts who have had a thyroidectomy can have calcium disorders bc -
Correct Answer: the parathyroid glands were removed or damaged during
surgery
19.What is the most common thyroid cancer - Correct Answer: papillary
thyroid cancer
20.Hot nodules are - Correct Answer: almost never cancerous
21.Signs and symptoms of thyrotoxicosis includes - Correct Answer: high
fever, tachycardia, dehydration, INCREASE in clotting factor
22.Goitrogens are found in - Correct Answer: peanuts, peaches, and peas
23.What are goitrogens - Correct Answer: chemicals that block or interfere
with metabolism of iodine
24.T3 and T4 are normally what in pregnancy? - Correct Answer: Elevated!
so it is important to get FREE T4 levels instead to accuratelyy diagnose
25.Which of the following is not a type of thyroid malignancy?
a. papillary carcinoma
, b. follicular carcinoma
c. squamos carcinoma
d. medullary carcinoma - Correct Answer: C - squamos
carcinoma
26.DBP is a more potent CV risk factor than SBP up until when? - Correct
Answer: until age 50 - afterwards, DBP stabilizes while SBP continues to rise
27.Best drug to reduce LVH - Correct Answer: ACE inhibitors
28.Diagnosis of HTN is made when - Correct Answer: based on BP
measured on 2 or more occasions after initial detection - so after the 3rd
elevated BP (Except if BP is 180/120)
29.Elevated hypertension - Correct Answer: SBP 120-129/DBP 80
30.Stage 1 hypertension - Correct Answer: 130-130/80-89
31.Stage 2 hypertension - Correct Answer: >140/90
32.Hypertensive urgency - Correct Answer: >180/120 without TOD or
symptoms
33.Hypertensive emergency - Correct Answer: > 180/120 with TOD or
symptoms
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
1. Autoimmune disorder causing hyperthyroidism - Correct Answer:
grave's disease
2. Graves disease can cause a - Correct Answer: goiter and increased T3
3. What diseases show increasaed uptake on thyroid scans - Correct
Answer: toxic nodular goiters and grave's disease
4. What diseases show decreased uptake on thyroid scans - Correct
Answer: thyroiditis
5. Labs for hyperthyroidism - Correct Answer: low TSH, elevated T3 and T4
6. Antithyroid drugs include - Correct Answer: - PTU
- Tapazole
7. Antithyroid drug used in pregnant women - Correct Answer: PTU
,8. PTU BBW - Correct Answer: liver toxicity
9. Tapazole side effects - Correct Answer: agranulocytosis
10.How to treat subacute thyroiditis - Correct Answer: beta blocker and
NSAIDs - follows a viral infection
11.What are symptoms of hyperthyroidism? - Correct Answer: weight loss,
palpitations, heat intolerance
12.Thryoid eye disease is most commonly seen in those with - Correct
Answer: grave's disease
13.Diagnosis for thy roid nodules - Correct Answer: - US is used for
- Thyroid scan is used after
14.The hypothalamus stimulates the pituatary gland by secreting - Correct
Answer: TRS
15.The typical inital dose of oral synthroid in adults is less than - Correct
Answer: 200mcg
16.Endemic goiters occur in what areas - Correct Answer: where soil and
water are deficient in iodine
,17.Patients should be advised to take synthroid - Correct Answer: on an
empty stomach
18.Pts who have had a thyroidectomy can have calcium disorders bc -
Correct Answer: the parathyroid glands were removed or damaged during
surgery
19.What is the most common thyroid cancer - Correct Answer: papillary
thyroid cancer
20.Hot nodules are - Correct Answer: almost never cancerous
21.Signs and symptoms of thyrotoxicosis includes - Correct Answer: high
fever, tachycardia, dehydration, INCREASE in clotting factor
22.Goitrogens are found in - Correct Answer: peanuts, peaches, and peas
23.What are goitrogens - Correct Answer: chemicals that block or interfere
with metabolism of iodine
24.T3 and T4 are normally what in pregnancy? - Correct Answer: Elevated!
so it is important to get FREE T4 levels instead to accuratelyy diagnose
25.Which of the following is not a type of thyroid malignancy?
a. papillary carcinoma
, b. follicular carcinoma
c. squamos carcinoma
d. medullary carcinoma - Correct Answer: C - squamos
carcinoma
26.DBP is a more potent CV risk factor than SBP up until when? - Correct
Answer: until age 50 - afterwards, DBP stabilizes while SBP continues to rise
27.Best drug to reduce LVH - Correct Answer: ACE inhibitors
28.Diagnosis of HTN is made when - Correct Answer: based on BP
measured on 2 or more occasions after initial detection - so after the 3rd
elevated BP (Except if BP is 180/120)
29.Elevated hypertension - Correct Answer: SBP 120-129/DBP 80
30.Stage 1 hypertension - Correct Answer: 130-130/80-89
31.Stage 2 hypertension - Correct Answer: >140/90
32.Hypertensive urgency - Correct Answer: >180/120 without TOD or
symptoms
33.Hypertensive emergency - Correct Answer: > 180/120 with TOD or
symptoms
