{"id":2405,"date":"2011-12-11T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/endh\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:28:27","slug":"endh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/endh\/","title":{"rendered":"Algorithm for Diagnosing Hyperthyroidism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Clinical hyperthyroidism, also called thyrotoxicosis, is caused by the effects of excess thyroid hormone and can be triggered by different disorders. Etiologic diagnosis influences prognosis and therapy.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves\u2019 disease. Other common causes include thyroiditis, toxic multinodular goiter, toxic adenomas, and side effects of certain medications. The diagnostic workup begins with a thyroid-stimulating hormone level test. When test results are uncertain, measuring radionuclide uptake helps distinguish among possible causes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6700\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism.jpg\" alt=\"Algorithm for Diagnosing Hyperthyroidism\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism.jpg 960w, https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Hyperthyroidism-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algorithm for Diagnosing Hyperthyroidism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bahn Chair RS, Burch HB, Cooper DS, Garber JR, Greenlee MC, Klein I, Laurberg P, McDougall IR, Montori VM, Rivkees SA, Ross DS, Sosa JA, Stan MN; American Thyroid Association; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Hyperthyroidism and other causes of thyrotoxicosis: management guidelines of the American Thyroid Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Thyroid. 2011 Jun;21(6):593-646. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21510801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pantalone KM, Nasr C. Approach to a low TSH level: patience is a virtue. Cleve Clin J Med. 2010 Nov;77(11):803-11. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21048053\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reid JR, Wheeler SF. Hyperthyroidism: diagnosis and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2005 Aug 15;72(4):623-30. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16127951\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Dec 20, 2011.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[1134,1135,1136,13,412,411],"class_list":["post-2405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-endocrinology-and-metabolism","tag-algorithm","tag-algoritmo","tag-diagnosing","tag-diagnostico","tag-hipertiroidismo","tag-hyperthyroidism"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9366,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions\/9366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}