Surviving the storm: Two cases of thyroid storm successfully treated with plasmapheresis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Carhill, Aubrey ^a   Gutierrez, Absalon ^a   Lakhia, Ronak ^a   Nalini, Ramaswami ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; CEFEPIME; ESMOLOL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PROPRANOLOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSCULTATION; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DETERIORATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUTHYROIDISM; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HAND TREMOR; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID CRISIS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84872162786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006696     Document Type: Article

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