Management of a child with acute thyroxine ingestion.
We report a case of thyroxine overdose in a child. Despite extremely high thyroxine (T4RIA) levels on admission, the patient's only symptoms were mild hypertension and tachycardia. Both symptoms responded to propranolol, with a drop in pulse rate and a decrease in blood pressure to normal levels. After four days of cardiac monitoring, the patient was released and received propranolol for five additional days as an outpatient.
D000208:Acute Disease; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013974:Thyroxine