10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYXEDEMIC»
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myxedemic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
myxedemic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fundamentals of Applied Pathophysiology: An Essential Guide ...
Acute illness or trauma may precipitate myxedemic coma (Box 13.4) and patients
must be made aware of the need to seek medical help. Caution must be
exercised in commencing thyroxine therapy in patients with known ischaemic
heart ...
Muralitharan Nair, Ian Peate, 2009
Decreased respirations 11. Increased sensitivity to sedatives, narcotics, and
anesthetics 12. Myxedemic coma, exaggeration of above manifestations:
weakness, lethargy, syncope, bradycardia, hypotension, hypoventilation,
subnormal body ...
3
Thyroid Balance: Traditional and Alternative Methods for ...
A potentially life-threatening consequence of untreated hypothyroidism is
myxedemic coma. Like its hyperthyroid counterpart, thyroid storm, myxedemic
coma comes on suddenly and with little warning. Feelings of being cold and
drowsy ...
Glenn S. Rothfeld, Deborah S. Romaine, 2002
4
Medical Neuropsychology
Common symptoms include tiredness and lethargy with difficulty completing a full
day of work, Paranoid or depressive symptoms may develop as well as agitated
states known as myxedemic madness. Intellectual functions and speech may ...
Ralph E. Tarter, Meryl Butters, Sue R. Beers, 2001
5
Endocrinology and Metabolism: Presented in Their Scientific ...
Strand- berg reports renewed growth of hair in three of nine cases of alopecia
areata showing otherwise no thyroid symptoms. G. E. Murray, in Allbutt's System
of Medicine, has published a remarkable photograph of a bald male myxedemic
...
Lewellys Franklin Barker, Roy Graham Hoskins, Herman Otto Mosenthal, 1922
In the myxedemic children the thyroid extract was continued uninterruptedly, as
the symptoms returned after cessation of the treatment for a few weeks. The
results obtained in the myxedemic cases were as follows : • 1. Early
administration of ...
New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1902
7
Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide
Cardiovascular—bradycardia, decreased intensity of heart tones, cardiac
enlargement (myxedemic heart may be related to pericardial effusion) 6.
Respiratory—pleural effusion Abdominal—ascites, decreased bowel sounds 8.
Virginia Layng Millonig, 2012
In the myxedemic children the thyroid extract was continued uninterruptedly, as
the symptoms returned after cessation of the treatment for a few weeks. The
results obtained in the myxedemic cases were as follows : 1. Early administration
of ...
9
Mosby's Handbook of Diseases
Therapeutic Management Surgery Medications General Prevention/ Promotion
Education None Oral replacement thyroid hormone; IV form is used for
myxedemic coma; addition of triiodothyronine in some stable patients who
continue to have ...
Rae Langford, June D. Thompson, 2005
10
Studies of the Endocrine Glands
The myxedemic patient then should be regarded as one in whom circulatory or
renal insufficiency, or both, have developed on the basis of a thyroid
hypofunction, giving rise to a “pseudo-nephritic” condition, but may have an
equally severe ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYXEDEMIC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
myxedemic is used in the context of the following news items.
Being Your Own, Best Thyroid Advocate
Only after he was close to falling into a potentially fatal myxedemic coma, and his TSH neared 200, did Bob realize that all his insistence on ... «About - News & Issues, Oct 13»
Bok Choy Overdose Causes Life-Threatening Thyroid Condition
She was diagnosed with myxedemic coma and goitrogen-induced hypothyroidism. Her life was saved after being given huge doses of thyroid ... «About - News & Issues, Jun 10»
