Thyroid storm in a polytrauma patient

Thyroid storm in a polytrauma patient

Summary We report the case of a 38 year‐old woman who presented initially as the driver in a road traffic accident with a Glasgow Coma Score of 14, agitated, tachycardic, tachypnoeic and hypertensive. The combination of an abdominal CT scan and clinical findings led to the decision to perform an eme...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Anaesthesia 2008-09, Vol.63 (9), p.1001-1005
1. Verfasser: Wilkinson, J. N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Multiple Trauma - complications
Thyroid Crisis - diagnosis
Thyroid Crisis - etiology
Thyroid Crisis - therapy
Thyroid diseases
Thyroid Function Tests
Traffic accidents & safety
Trauma
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Summary We report the case of a 38 year‐old woman who presented initially as the driver in a road traffic accident with a Glasgow Coma Score of 14, agitated, tachycardic, tachypnoeic and hypertensive. The combination of an abdominal CT scan and clinical findings led to the decision to perform an emergency laparotomy. Her persisting symptoms and laboratory results revealed her to be manifesting acute thyroid storm; TSH of
ISSN:0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05541.x