What nutrients are specifically needed for proper thyroid hormone production?

Which of the following are common cardiac signs with hyperthyroidism?

Which of the following are common cardiac signs with hyperthyroidism?

A three year old patient presents for a seizure that occurred at home. To her father's knowledge, she has never had a seizure in the past. She was not ill at the time of the seizure, and she is not on any type of medication. There was no head trauma before the incident. Her father states that her older brother was diagnosed with epilepsy at age seven, and that his grandmother was also epileptic. Is it safe to assume that this child is also epileptic?

Where does lipid digestion begin?

The nurse is caring for a patient with severe agoraphobia. What area of the hospital should the nurse avoid with the patient?

Which of the following is true of human adenoviruses?

The nurse completes a cervical exam on her laboring patient. She determines that her patient's cervix is 1cm in length. How would the nurse describe this length?

A patient reports to urgent care for colicky pain in the upper right quadrant that they rate as a seven out of ten. The night before they ate a fatty meal with two glasses of wine. Which of the following tests would help you asses for cholecystitis?

Secondary hyperparathyroidism is the result of chronically diminished levels of serum calcium. Depressed levels of serum calcium leads to a compensatory increase in the activity of the parathyroid glands.

What is the most common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism?