Thyroid storm
Synopsis

Common signs and symptoms include high fever, tachycardia, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, altered mental status, agitation, tremor, diarrhea, confusion, and sweating.
Management consists of reducing fever, reducing thyroid-hormone release, and identifying and limiting causal factors.
Codes
E05.91 – Thyrotoxicosis, unspecified with thyrotoxic crisis or storm
SNOMEDCT:
29028009 – Thyrotoxic crisis
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Last Updated:07/02/2019