• Thyroid storm is a rare but severe and life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism. It occurs when an overactive thyroid leads to hypermetabolism...
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    during pregnancy. An uncommon but life-threatening complication is thyroid storm in which an event such as an infection results in worsening symptoms...
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    approved, ipodate sodium has been used to treat Graves' disease and thyroid storm, an extreme form of hyperthyroidism. Long-term treatment of Graves'...
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    affects the thyroid. It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It also often results in an enlarged thyroid. Signs and...
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    Thyroid disease is a medical condition that affects the function of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located at the front of the neck and produces...
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    treating hyperthyroidism, in radiation emergencies, and for protecting the thyroid gland when certain types of radiopharmaceuticals are used. In the third...
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  • temporarily block thyroid hormone synthesis before surgeries. It is also used to treat patients with thyroid storm or, more commonly, to reduce thyroid vascularity...
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    adrenocortical insufficiency, phaeochromocytoma crisis, hypercalcemic crisis, thyroid storm, myxoedema coma and pituitary apoplexy. Emergencies arising from decompensated...
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    Wolff–Chaikoff effect (category Thyroid)
    the thyroid follicular cell. The Wolff–Chaikoff effect has been used as a treatment principle against hyperthyroidism (especially thyroid storm) by infusion...
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    respiratory failure with an arterial pH <7.20 Refractory cardiogenic shock Thyroid storm Cardiac arrest Failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass after cardiac...
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