Endocrinology & Diabetes — Flashcards

Patients with hypothyroidism who have cardiac disease, severe hypothyroidism or >50 y/o starting levothyroxine should have a starting dose of _____

Postpartum thyroiditis classically presents with _____thyroidism followed by hypothyroidism before returning to euthyroidism

25-40% of people with _____ disease experience thyroid eye disease

Nearly all of thyroid eye disease is associated with _____ disease

The hypothyroid stage of postpartum thyroiditis is managed with _____

The most important modifiable risk factor for thyroid eye disease is _____

Aside from the typical investigations for graves disease (e.g. TFTs, antibody testing), what additional investigation may be indicated for thyroid eye disease? _____

Which treatment for graves disease is known to worsen thyroid eye disease? _____

_____ is the most common complication of thyroid eye disease

_____ is a synthetic form of T3