Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid storm is a potentially fatal disorder if treatment is not initiated promptly upon assessment at the emergency department (ED).Case: A 20-year-old young woman is referred to the ED with rapid acceleration of complaints of palpitations, fever, diarrhoea and agitation, which had been present since several weeks.On physical examination we saw an uncomfortable, restless woman with a tachycardia of 170/min, and a fe...