A patient is diagnosed with secondary hypothyroidism. The nurse would expect which laboratory test result?
1. Low triiodothyronine level
2. Low thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level
3. Low thyroxine level
4. Low thyrotropin-releasing hormone level
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Rationale 1: Low triiodothyronine results in primary hypothyroidism.
Rationale 2: Low TSH from the anterior pituitary gland results in secondary hypothyroidism.
Rationale 3: A low thyroxine level results in primary hypothyroidism.
Rationale 4: A low thyrotopin-releasing hormone level results in tertiary hypothyroidism.
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