RT Book, Section
A1 Leone, Katrina A.
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Cydulka, Rita K.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Handel, Daniel A.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 56277884
T1 Chapter 131. Thyroid Disease Emergencies
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178184-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56277884
RD 2024/04/19
AB Hypothyroidism  may  be  caused  by  multiple  factors.  Myxedema  coma  is  a  rare,  life-threatening  expression  of  hypothyroidism.  It  may  be  precipitated  by  infection,  cold  exposure,  trauma,  medications,  or  myocardial  infarction.  It  classically  occurs  during  the  winter  months  in  elderly  women  with  undiagnosed  or  undertreated  hypothyroidism.