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Split high‐dose oral levothyroxine treatment as a successful therapy option in myxedema coma

Clinical Case Reports, 2017
High‐dose intravenous thyroxine (T4) is the preferable treatment for myxedema coma. We describe the clinical course of a 69‐year‐old man who presented with myxedema coma and received oral levothyroxine (LT4) therapy (1 mg) in a split dose.
Suranut Charoensri, Chutintorn Sriphrapradang, H. Nimitphong   +2 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest as a rare presentation of myxedema coma: case report

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2017
Myxedema coma is a decompensated hypothyroidism which occurs due to long-standing, undiagnosed, or untreated hypothyroidism. Untreated hypothyroidism is known to affect almost all organs including the heart.
D. Salhan, Deepak Sapkota, P. Verma, Saroj Kandel, O. Abdulfattah, A. Lixon, Deribe Zwenge, F. Schmidt   +7 more
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Myxedema Coma

JKS (Jurnal Kedokteran Syiah Kuala), 2009
Abstrak. Myxedema coma merupakan keadaan hlpotiroid berat yang disertai dengan penurunan status mental, hipotermia, dan beberapa keadaan Lain.  Berdasarkan  demografi keadaan  ini terjadi pada O, l % dari seluruh kejadian hipotiroid dengan angka ...
Krishna Wardhana Sucipto
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The Facilitation of Pericardiocentesis Using Imaging Techniques. A Case Report

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies, 2016
Introduction: Pericardiocentesis is a procedure performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and it consists in draining the pericardial effusion liquid in sterile conditions.
Manițiu Ioan, Cobârje Iulia, Bitea Ionuț, Cojan Radu, Bebeşelea Andra-Maria   +4 more
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Myxedema madness complicating postoperative follow-up of thyroid cancer

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Although hypothyroidism is associated with an increased prevalence of psychiatric manifestations, myxedema madness is rarely observed. We report the case of a 62-year-old woman with no prior history of psychiatric disorders, who presented to the ...
Yanina J. Morosán Allo, Melanie Rosmarin, Agustina Urrutia, Maria Cristina Faingold, Carla Musso, Gabriela Brenta   +5 more
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Ogilvie′s syndrome in a case of myxedema coma

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
Ogilvie′s syndrome [acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO)] presents as massive colonic dilatation without a mechanical cause, usually in critically ill patients due to imbalanced sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.
Uday Yanamandra, Narendra Kotwal, Anil Menon, Velu Nair   +3 more
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Primary Bilateral Papilledema Due Myxedema

, 2021
Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar
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Morphological Diversity of Pretibial Myxedema and Its Mechanism of Evolving Process and Outcome: A Retrospective Study of 216 Cases

Journal of Thyroid Research, 2016
Background. Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is a rare dermopathy. The morphologic features and mechanism of its evolving process are not reported in large case series. Methods.
C. Lan, Yi Wang, Xia Zeng, J. Zhao, Xiaoxi Zou   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exophthalmos Myxedema Acropachy Syndrome: A Case Report.

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2014
Exophthalmos, myxedema, and acropachy are collectively named Exophthalmos myxedema acropachy (EMA) syn-drome, which is a rare syndrome associated with hypertcardiotrophia. Among patients with hyperthyreosis, EMA has an incidence less than 1%.
Qian Zhao, Yao Cheng, Mengxue Yang, Xianwen Li   +3 more
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Frequent Seronegative Primary Hypothyroidism in Myxedema Coma in Japan: Three Case Reports With a Systematic Review

Case Reports in Endocrinology
Myxedema coma is a rare life-threatening form of hypothyroidism that manifests as neuropsychiatric, metabolic, respiratory, and cardiovascular dysfunction. From 2010 to 2022, our hospital managed three cases of myxedema coma.
Yosuke Okuno, Kosuke Mukai, Yuri Tamura, Tomoaki Hayakawa, Atsunori Fukuhara, Iichiro Shimomura   +5 more
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