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Thyroid Function Test Interpretation Table

TSH, Free T4, Free T3 and Associated Condition
#Diagnosis #Endocrinology #Hyperthyroid #Hypothyroid #Function
Thyroid Function ... Test Interpretation ... Table TSH, Free ... #Hypothyroid #Function ... Comparison #Table #TSH
Abnormal Serum TSH - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased TSH
 • Hypothyroidism
 • Sub-clinical Hypothyroidism
 • Recovery from
Abnormal Serum TSH ... Increased TSH ... Illness Decreased TSH ... Toxicosis #TSH ... #Hypothyroid #Hyperthyroid
Laboratory Evaluation of Patients for Thyroid Disease 
Hyperthyroidism:
 • Graves disease - TSH low; free T4
Laboratory Evaluation ... Toxic adenoma - TSH ... thyroiditis - TSH ... disease course #hypothyroid ... #hyperthyroid #
Approach to Thyroid Function Tests in the Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism
 • Low TSH, Low normal T4
Function Tests ... in the Evaluation ... • Low TSH, normal ... Hyperthyroidism #algorithm ... #Interpretation
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... indicate the initial evaluation ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... *Abnormal USS may
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
suspected HH based on symptoms ... test should be TS ... Step 2: If TS is ... If TS is ≥45% and ... serum ferritin; TS
Subacute Thyroiditis

Also known as: de Quervain’s thyroiditis, granulomatous thyroiditis, or viral thyroiditis

What?
Postviral inflammatory process caused by
returns to normal ... • Malaise and symptoms ... and T3 levels, ↓ TSH ... (2) Hypothyroid ... phase: ↓ T4 and ↓ TSH
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
• An evaluation ... Also consider an evaluation ... creatine kinase, and thyroid-stimulating ... hormone (TSH) levels ... generally are normal