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Thyroid storm during beta blockade
Author(s) -
STRUBE P. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb07274.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid storm , blockade , beta (programming language) , thyroid , anesthesia , receptor , computer science , programming language
Summary A thyrotoxic patient who had received beta‐adrenoceptor blockers pre‐operatively suffered an episode of severe heart failure immediately following thyroidectomy and required artificial ventilation of the lungs for six hours. The possible causes are discussed and the likelihood of thyroid storm unmitigated by beta adrenergic blockade suggested.