Myxedema Coma: A New Look into an Old Crisis

<table><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="figbox1"><tr><td colspan="2">Hypothermia</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Infections and septicaemia</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Cerebrovascular accidents</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Congestive heart failure</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Gastrointestinal bleeding</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Consumption of raw bok choy</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Trauma and fractures</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Drugs—anaesthetics, sedatives, tranquilizers, narcotics,</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">amiodarone, and lithium</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Withdrawal of thyroid supplements</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Precipitating factors of myxedema crisis.

Journal of Thyroid Research

figbox1

Box 1

Box 1: Myxedema Coma: A New Look into an Old Crisis 