Burch and Wartofsky

What is Thyroid Storm

Thyroid Storm is a rare, life-threatening condition of thyrotoxicosis, often precipitated by an acute event such as thyroid or nonthyroidal surgery, trauma, infection, an acute iodine load, or parturition. The advent of appropriate preoperative preparation of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for hyperthyroidism has led to a dramatic reduction in the prevalence…

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