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Graves' Disease Treatment
Thionamides (mainly methimazole)
 • Chance of remission in up to 2 years
 • No
Graves' Disease ... Treatment Thionamides ... 2 years • No thyroid ... #Disease #Treatment ... #Management #endocrinology
Suggested diagnostic and treatment approach for thyroid nodules. (TSH = thyroid-stimulating hormone.)

#Diagnosis #Management #Thyroid #Nodules #Algorithm
Suggested diagnostic ... and treatment approach ... for thyroid nodules ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Thyroid #Nodules
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
- Autoimmune: thyroid ... Differential DX: - Thyroid ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
#RTA #Type2 #RenalTubular ... Acidosis #Proximal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology
Graves Hyperthyroidism - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Low TSH -> TSH-R-Ab+ -> Graves' Hyperthyroidism

doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa646

#Graves #Disease #Hyperthyroidism
- Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... Hyperthyroidism #Management ... #Algorithm #treatment ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
High T4/T3) - Diagnostic ... concern for nodular thyroid ... Graves disease – ... Graves disease! ... workup choices AND management
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
#Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology ... #RenalTubular #
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
much easier to diagnosis ... Type1 #Distal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology ... #Differential #RenalTubular
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
diffuse goiter (Graves ... hyperthyroidism Diagnosis ... antibodies (TRAb) if Graves ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... tenderness Treatment
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis ... dermatomyositis, Thyroid ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology