Graves\ disease.-rationale: graves disease, an autoimmune disease causinghyperthyroidism, is most prevalent in middle-aged females. in hashimotos thyroiditis, the most common form ofhypothyroidism, tsh levels would be high and thyroid hormone levels low. in thyroiditis, radioactive iodine uptake is low (2%), and a client with a multinodular goiter will show an uptake in the high-normal range (3% to 10%). client needs category: physiological integrity client needs subcategory: reduction of risk potential cognitive level: analysis reference: smeltzer, s.c., et al. brunner and suddarths textbook of medical surgical-nursing,11th ed. philadelphia: lippincott williams & wilkins, 2008, p. 1459.