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Perioperative management of a patient with myxedema coma and septicemic shock

Myxedema coma is a life-threatening but uncommon complication of long-standing, neglected hypothyroidism. It was first reported by Ord in 1879. Till date only around 200 cases have been reported in literature. The incidence in European countries is 0.22 per million per year. No epidemiological data...

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Autores principales: Baduni, Neha, Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Sanwal, Manoj K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23559735
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.106510