Type 2 respiratory failure and falls in elderly adults: beware of the thyroid!

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Oct;62(10):2026-7. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13041.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls*
  • Aged
  • Hashimoto Disease / diagnosis*
  • Hashimoto Disease / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myxedema / complications*
  • Myxedema / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Thyroxine