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Urgent surgery in a poorly controlled hyperthyroid patient

Author(s) -

Hishani Imalka Perera,

Dharshini Selvapalan,

Anuja Abayadeera

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

sri lankan journal of anaesthesiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2279-1965

pISSN - 1391-8834

DOI - 10.4038/slja.v28i2.8536

Subject(s) - thyroid storm , medicine , antithyroid drugs , emergency surgery , thyroid , disease , thyroid carcinoma , gastrectomy , surgery , general surgery , graves' disease , pediatrics , cancer

Hyperthyroidism is a multisystemic disease with its main effects on the cardiovascular system. It is better to control thyroid hormone excess before surgery to avoid the risk of precipitating thyroid storm. This won’t be practical in emergency or urgent surgeries. This is a case history of a 50 year old man with uncontrolled hyperthyroidism who underwent a gastrectomy for a carcinoma. Hyperthyroidism was managed with antithyroid drugs, beta blockers, glucocorticoids and magnesium sulphate.

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