Bilateral protrusion of the globes seen in thyroid disease is called ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
exophthalmos
Rationale: Bilateral exophthalmos is forward displacement of the eyeballs and widened palpebral fissures related to thyroid disease (thyrotoxicosis).
You might also like to view...
A nurse has accepted a position as a nurse practitioner for an indigent clinic. Which of the following is an appropriate action to take?
1. Give proper notice. 2. Inform your manager you are leaving and provide the last day you are able to work. 3. Inform HR (human resources), not your manager, of your notice. 4. Inform your colleagues of your intent to leave the organization.
The nurse in a pain clinic is assessing a palliative patient. The patient indicates that he has been saving his analgesics until the pain is intense because the pain control has been poor
What teaching does the nurse knows should be done with this patient? A) Medication should be taken when pain levels are low so the pain is easier to reduce. B) Pain medication can be increased when the pain is intense. C) It is difficult to control chronic pain, so little can be done. D) Instruct the patient to lie still and think of something else during intense pain.
A child is receiving Didanosine (Videx),a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor,for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The nurse should monitor the lab value of
1. potassium. 2. sodium. 3. red-blood-cell count. 4. glucose.
An older adult patient admitted for diarrhea caused by gastroenteritis states, "My stools are much less frequent and aren't as watery today." The nurse determines that the antibiotic treatment is therapeutically effective
The nurse understands that the symptoms of gastroenteritis are the result of 1. Chemical changes in the bowel with resulting rapid transit time. 2. Structural changes in the bowel. 3. Normal changes due to the aging process. 4. Decreases in the patient's activity level.