title: [Myxedema coma. Apropos of 8 cases].
abstract: Eight cases of hypothyroid coma observed between 1971 and 1981 are reported, and their main clinical, biological and therapeutic features described. Three out of the 8 patients died. Physiopathological and therapeutic comments are made with reference to these cases and previous reports, concerning the hypothermia, cardiac and respiratory function, hyponatraemia and the endocrine disturbances observed in hypothyroid coma.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Le coma myxoedémateux. A propos de 8 observations.