Trauma and thyroid-induced tachycardia

J Emerg Med. 2000 Feb;18(2):203-7. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(99)00195-x.

Abstract

Excluding a source of hemorrhage after blunt trauma in a patient who presents with a sustained tachycardia can be challenging. This report is of two trauma patients presenting with undiagnosed thyrotoxicosis. Trauma-triggered thyrotoxicosis is rarely reported in the literature. The confusing presentation, the laboratory analysis, and the response to therapeutic intervention are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / diagnosis
  • Hyperthyroidism / etiology
  • Multiple Trauma / complications*
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia / diagnosis*
  • Tachycardia / drug therapy
  • Tachycardia / etiology*
  • Thyrotoxicosis / diagnosis*
  • Thyrotoxicosis / drug therapy
  • Thyrotoxicosis / etiology
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents