Cerebrovascular Accident due to Thyroid Storm: Should We Anticoagulate?

Table 1

Thyroid function tests and serum chemistries.

	Upon hospital arrival	Upon discharge
Thyroid stimulating hormone (µIU/mL)	<0.225	N/A
Total T4 (µg/dL)	16.50	12.2
Free T4 (ng/dL)	5.49	2.3
Sodium (mEq/L)	147	143
Potassium (mEq/L)	3.8	3.5
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	32	29.5
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.82	0.50
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.5	8.4
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	3.70	3.5
Magnesium (mg/dL)	2.22	2.0
Albumin (g/dL)	2.7	2.5
Carbon dioxide (mEq/L)	25.2	26.7
Prothrombin time (s)	13	N/A
Partial thromboplastin time (s)	30	N/A
INR (s)	1.0	N/A
White blood cell (×10^3/μL]	8.8	7.5
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	14.7	14.0
Hematocrit (%)	44	42
Platelet count (×10^9/L)	300	350

Value not available.