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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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Autores principales: Austin, Christopher P, Odak, Mihir, Douedi, Steven, Patel, Swapnil V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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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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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.
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title_fullStr Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Atypical Presentation of Thyroid Storm
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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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