DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
24-hour urine collection
Iodine deficiency
Iodine is an essential trace element; the thyroid hormones thyroxine and triiodotyronine contain iodine. In areas where there is little iodine in the diet—typically remote inland areas where no marine foods are eaten—iodine deficiency gives rise to goiter, as well as cretinism, which results in developmental delays and other health problems. While noting recent progress, The Lancet noted, "According to WHO, in 2007, nearly 2 billion individuals had insufficient iodine intake, a third being of school age. ... Thus iodine deficiency, as the single greatest preventable cause of mental retardation, is an important public-health problem...
24-hour urine collection - List of case studies
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
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at 8:00 a.m. the patient will have to begin at home the 24-hour urine collection to be delivered on 07 in DH for the dosage of the urinary ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma – additional opinion
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at 8:00 a.m. the patient will have to begin at home the 24-hour urine collection to be delivered on 07 in DH for the dosage of the urinary ...
- List of Examinations
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PET scan 24 hour blood pressure monitoring 24-hour blood pressure recording 24-hour urine collection 25 25 hydroxy vitamin D 25(OH)D serum level ...
- Basocellular carcinoma
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short_summary: 62-year-old female has had a basal cell carcinoma excised from the right side of her nose. The lesion was removed and on pathology examination, the tissue edges were not involve ...