PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS AND ROLE OF THYROID HORMONE THERAPY Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ In critically ill patients, a strong correlation has been…
DIFFERENTIATION FROM PRIMARY THYROID DYSFUNCTION Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ NONTHYROIDAL ILLNESS SIMULATING THYROID DYSFUNCTION A timely distinction between the alterations in…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ SITES OF NONTHYROIDAL ILLNESS INTERACTION WITH THYROID ECONOMY Every accessible point in thyroid hormone homeostasis has…
DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ A wide variety of severe illnesses, including poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, infection, malignancy, acute myocardial…
CHANGES IN INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS OF THYROID FUNCTION Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ TRIIODOTHYRONINE AND REVERSE TRIIODOTHYRONINE The most prevalent and pronounced anomaly…
EFFECTS OF ILLNESS ON INDICES OF THYROID FUNCTION Part of “CHAPTER 36 – ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS“ The frequency with which thyroid disease is encountered in…
ABNORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IN EUTHYROID PERSONS Henry B. Burch EFFECTS OF ILLNESS ON INDICES OF THYROID FUNCTION CHANGES IN INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS OF THYROID FUNCTION DISEASE-SPECIFIC VARIATION
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 35 – THYROID SONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING“
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE THYROID Part of “CHAPTER 35 – THYROID SONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING“ The characterization of tissue and organs by CT is accomplished by computer-assisted…
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE THYROID Part of “CHAPTER 35 – THYROID SONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING“ MRI depicts the interactions that occur between the hydrogen atoms (protons)…
