Thyroid diseases: a primer for the critical care nurse.
Thyroid diseases are common. This article will discuss the types, signs and symptoms, medical management, and nursing care of thyroid disease.
Holcomb
Susan Simmons
SS
Sastun Center of Integrative Health Care, Mission, Kan, USA. sholcomb@kumc.edu
D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013958:Thyroid Crisis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology