Simultaneous presentation of thyrotoxicosis and diabetic ketoacidosis resulted in sudden cardiac arrest

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 991-993

  Yeo, Kai Fuan ^a   Yang, Yi Sun ^a   Chen, Kuo Shuen ^a   Peng, Chiung Huei ^b   Huang, Chien Ning ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetic ketoacidosis; Sudden cardiac arrest; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTITHYROID AGENT; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; DEXAMETHASONE; INSULIN; LUGOL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAMAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEHYDRATION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXOPHTHALMOS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; RESTLESSNESS; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; RESUSCITATION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 40449107198     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07-067     Document Type: Article

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