title: [Peculiarities of the surgical treatment of thyrotoxicosis in the aged].
abstract: With an increasing frequency, recorded by most of the statistics, the thyrotoxicosis of the aged present themselves, most often, under uncharacteristic clinical aspects, often delusive. Out of a series of 37 thyrotoxic patients (representing 9.2% of all cases of thyrotoxicosis admitted to the Ist Surgical Clinic between 1970 and 1980) in 27 cases we performed a the surgical treatmeat with good immediate and late results. As a preliminary, execepting the endocrine balancing the improvement of the respiratory exchanges, the compensation of the possible heart disturbances and the ensurance of a good hydration and restoring of the nutritional state were followed.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazăr
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Diaconescu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chifan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tîrcoveanu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luchian
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pencea
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dobrescu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss