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Thyrotoxic crisis after emergency laparotomy. A case report. 1990

P M Hewitt, and P A Willcox

Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of Cape Town.

A case of thyrotoxic crisis after emergency abdominal surgery is presented. The pathogenesis, clinical features and management of this unusual clinical problem are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007813	Laparotomy	Incision into the side of the abdomen between the ribs and pelvis.	Minilaparotomy,Laparotomies,Minilaparotomies
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002303	Cardiac Output, Low	A state of subnormal or depressed cardiac output at rest or during stress. It is a characteristic of CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, including congenital, valvular, rheumatic, hypertensive, coronary, and cardiomyopathic. The serious form of low cardiac output is characterized by marked reduction in STROKE VOLUME, and systemic vasoconstriction resulting in cold, pale, and sometimes cyanotic extremities.	Low Cardiac Output,Low Cardiac Output Syndrome,Output, Low Cardiac
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013958	Thyroid Crisis	A dangerous life-threatening hypermetabolic condition characterized by high FEVER and dysfunction of the cardiovascular, the nervous, and the gastrointestinal systems.	Thyroid Storm,Thyrotoxic Crisis,Thyrotoxic Storm,Crisis, Thyrotoxic,Crisis, Thyroid,Storm, Thyroid,Storm, Thyrotoxic