title: Anaesthetic Management of a Patient with Thyrotoxicosis for Nonthyroid Surgery with Peripheral Nerve Blockade.
abstract: Thyrotoxicosis is a hypermetabolic condition caused by an elevation in thyroid hormone levels. The disorder has a variety of causes, manifestations, and therapies. Several clinical features of thyrotoxicosis are due to sympathetic stimulation with increased beta-adrenoreceptor upregulation and sensitization to catecholamine. Anaesthetic management of thyrotoxicosis patients using neuraxial block has been described in literature; however, to our knowledge, there are no reports of peripheral nerve block utilization. Here, we report on the anaesthetic management of a patient with thyroiditis-associated thyrotoxicosis undergoing emergency surgery via a femoral and sciatic nerve block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Buget
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sencan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Giray
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varansu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kucukay