Myxoedema coma: an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure

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Myxoedema coma : an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure. / Salomo, Louise Havkrog; Laursen, Adam Hoegsbro; Reiter, Nanna; Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla.

I: BMJ Case Reports, Bind 2014, 2014.

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Salomo, LH, Laursen, AH, Reiter, N & Feldt-Rasmussen, U 2014, 'Myxoedema coma: an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure', BMJ Case Reports, bind 2014. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203223

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Salomo, L. H., Laursen, A. H., Reiter, N., & Feldt-Rasmussen, U. (2014). Myxoedema coma: an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure. BMJ Case Reports, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203223

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Salomo LH, Laursen AH, Reiter N, Feldt-Rasmussen U. Myxoedema coma: an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure. BMJ Case Reports. 2014;2014. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203223

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Salomo, Louise Havkrog ; Laursen, Adam Hoegsbro ; Reiter, Nanna ; Feldt-Rasmussen, Ulla. / Myxoedema coma : an almost forgotten, yet still existing cause of multiorgan failure. I: BMJ Case Reports. 2014 ; Bind 2014.

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abstract = "A 48-year-old man was admitted to department of emergency medicine at a tertiary referral hospital due to dizziness and fatigue. Clinical features on admission were non-pitting oedema, dry skin, very sparse hair, a hoarse voice, hypothermia (rectal temperature 28.7°C), macroglossia, sinus bradycardia and slow cerebration. Blood tests revealed severe hypothyroidism. During admission, the patient developed respiratory failure, renal failure, bleeding symptoms and diffuse colitis. The patient was treated with hydrocortisone and levothyroxine and he survived miraculously. This case describes a patient with myxoedema coma with severe hypothermia and cardiac involvement with development of multiorgan dysfunction all linked to the severe depletion of triiodothyronine.",
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