Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

A patient with known thyroid eye disease presents with blurred vision, field defect and a relative afferent pupillary defect. You diagnose acute optic neuropathy. What is the next step in management? _____

Postpartum thyroiditis is associated with what antibody? _____

_____ hypothyroidism is characterised by inappropriately low/normal TSH levels and low T4

Thyroid eye disease typically begins with an _____ phase lasting <2 years, followed by a chronic fibrotic phase where symptoms stabilise. The condition slowly improves over the next few years

Decreased tendon reflexes are associated with _____thyroidism

Myxoedema coma presents with _____thermia

How should the dose of levothyroxine be altered in women who become pregnant? _____

Bradycardia is associated with _____thyroidism

When first starting levothyroxine, _____ should be monitored every 3 months. Once stable, the TSH level should be checked every year

Hint: Ix

Thyroid _____ testing should be considered in patients with suspected autoimmune thyroiditis