A rare storm in a psychiatric ward: Thyroid storm

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210.e1-210.e4

  Chen, Ting Shou ^a   Wen, Min Jie ^a   Hung, Yi Jen ^a   Hsieh, Chang Hsun ^a   Hsiao, Fone Ching ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute psychosis; Thyroid storm; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUETIAPINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 84857363767     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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