• Acute medicine · Jan 2018

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    Managing thyrotoxicosis in the acute medical setting.

    • C Napier.
    • MBBS MRCP (UK), Endocrine Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4LP UK.
    • Acute Med. 2018 Jan 1; 17 (1): 44-48.

    AbstractThyrotoxicosis is common and can present in numerous ways with patients exhibiting a myriad of symptoms and signs. It affects around 1 in 2000 people annually in Europe1. The thyroid gland produces two thyroid hormones - thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Thyroxine is inactive and is converted by the tissues and organs that need it into tri-iodothyronine. In health, the production of these thyroid hormones is tightly regulated by the secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH; thyrotropin) from the pituitary gland. The term 'thyrotoxicosis' refers to the clinical manifestations of hyperthyroidism.

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