Nursing · Psychiatric Pharmacology
A thyroid function test is commonly ordered as a baseline and monitored during lithium treatment because lithium:
- 1is used to confirm that the patient's bipolar mood has stabilized
- 2can induce hypothyroidism, thereby increasing the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)✓
- 3directly decreases the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
- 4interferes with the peripheral metabolism of lithium itself
Correct answer
can induce hypothyroidism, thereby increasing the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
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