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Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm
Thyroid storm (or thyrotoxic crisis) is commonly defined as a life-threatening condition caused by the exaggeration of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an atypical precipitating symptom of thyrotoxicosis that clinicians should be aware of. An empir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774700 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25449 |
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author | Austin, Christopher P Odak, Mihir Douedi, Steven Patel, Swapnil V |
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description | Thyroid storm (or thyrotoxic crisis) is commonly defined as a life-threatening condition caused by the exaggeration of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an atypical precipitating symptom of thyrotoxicosis that clinicians should be aware of. An empirically derived scoring system known as the Burch-Wartofsky Point Scale (BWPS) has been used by clinicians since the early 1990s. The BWPS considers an array of precipitating factors and the severity of symptoms of multiple organ decompensation. In recent years, there has been an increasing correlation between SARS-CoV-2 and thyroid pathologies. We present a case of an unresponsive elderly male with a recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection presenting with SVT and a BWPS score of 45, highly indicative of a thyroid storm. |
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spelling | pubmed-92392832022-06-29 Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm Austin, Christopher P Odak, Mihir Douedi, Steven Patel, Swapnil V Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Thyroid storm (or thyrotoxic crisis) is commonly defined as a life-threatening condition caused by the exaggeration of the clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an atypical precipitating symptom of thyrotoxicosis that clinicians should be aware of. An empirically derived scoring system known as the Burch-Wartofsky Point Scale (BWPS) has been used by clinicians since the early 1990s. The BWPS considers an array of precipitating factors and the severity of symptoms of multiple organ decompensation. In recent years, there has been an increasing correlation between SARS-CoV-2 and thyroid pathologies. We present a case of an unresponsive elderly male with a recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection presenting with SVT and a BWPS score of 45, highly indicative of a thyroid storm. Cureus 2022-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9239283/ /pubmed/35774700 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25449 Text en Copyright © 2022, Austin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Austin, Christopher P Odak, Mihir Douedi, Steven Patel, Swapnil V Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title | Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title_full | Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title_fullStr | Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title_full_unstemmed | Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title_short | Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm |
title_sort | supraventricular tachycardia: an atypical presentation of thyroid storm |
topic | Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774700 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25449 |
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