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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  9, Issue 4, October-December 2023, Pages 221-223
 

Case Report

The Forgotten Thyroxine Medication

Josephine Leshiini, Kishalay Datta

1 Post Graduate Trainee, 2 Director and HOD, Emergency Medicine, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh 110088, New Delhi, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.9423.10

Abstract

Hypothermia is a rare finding in the Indian subcontinent. Hypothermia may be a presentation of Myxedema coma, which needs prompt diagnosis and emergency management. In this case report, we discuss an elderly female with symptoms of Myxedema coma, the difficulty in diagnosis and management in the emergency department of our hospital.
 


Keywords : Myxedema Coma; Hypothyroidism; Thyroxine; Lower Limb Edema.
Corresponding Author : Kishalay Datta,