Thyroid Emergencies.
Myxedema coma and thyroid storm are thyroid emergencies associated with increased mortality. Prompt recognition of these states-which represent the severe, life-threatening conditions of extremely reduced or elevated circulating thyroid hormone concentrations, respectively-is necessary to initiate treatment. Management of myxedema coma and thyroid storm requires both medical and supportive therapies and should be treated in an intensive care unit setting.
Division of Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California. Angela M. Leung, MD, MSc, is an assistant clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, both in Los Angeles, California.
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D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D009230:Myxedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013958:Thyroid Crisis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy