RT Book, Section
A1 Pitzele, Monika
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101227953
T1 Thyroid Emergencies
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101227953
RD 2024/09/11
AB In  a  critically  ill  patient  with  a  goiter  or  history  of  hyperthyroidism,  consider  and  treat  thyroid  storm  early.Thyroid  storm  and  myxedema  coma  are  clinical  diagnoses  that  do  not  depend  on  the  absolute  levels  of  thyroid-stimulating  hormone  and  free  thyroxine.Myxedema  coma  should  be  considered  in  elderly  hypothyroid  patients  who  present  with  hypothermia  and  confusion.For  successful  treatment,  it  is  important  to  try  to  identify  a  trigger  that  pushed  the  patient  into  the  extreme  state  of  thyroid  storm  or  myxedema  coma.