A nurse is noting a client's medication along with his condition on a follow-up visit. Which of the following medical conditions require thyroid replacement therapy? (Select all that apply.)

a. Grave's disease
b. Cretinism
c. Myxedema
d. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
e. Goiter


b. Cretinism
c. Myxedema
d. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
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a. Grave's disease is associated with diffuse thyroid hyperfunctioning.
b. Hypothyroid conditions requiring replacement therapy include cretinism. .
c. Hypothyroid conditions requiring replacement therapy include myxedema. .
d. Hypothyroid conditions requiring replacement therapy include Hashimoto's thyroiditis. .
e. Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that results in hyperthyroidism.

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