Table 1 Clinical and laboratory findings in 23 patients with myxoedema coma
From: Predictors of outcome in myxoedema coma: a study from a tertiary care centre
Subject number | Age, years | Gender | Aetiology of hypothyroidism | Precipitating factors | Associated comorbodities | L-T4 route | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 | Female | Secondary | Pneumonia | T2DM, complete heart block | Oral | Died |
2 | 70 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia | T2DM, nephropathy | Oral | Died |
3 | 70 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia, cold exposure | Old stroke, HTN, DIC | Oral | Died |
4 | 58 | Male | Primary | Cold exposure, stoppage of L-T4 | Old Pott's spine, ascites | Oral | Survived |
5 | 70 | Female | Secondary | Cold exposure | T2DM, HTN | Oral | Survived |
6 | 72 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia, sedative | T2DM, acute renal failure | Died | |
7 | 55 | Male | Primary | Urosepsis | OSA, HTN, CLD cortical critical care neuropathy | Oral | Survived |
8 | 60 | Female | Primary | Cellulitis, pseudomembranous colitis | DCM, CHF, DIC | Oral | Died |
9 | 59 | Female | Secondary | Pneumonia | Anaemia, sepsis, shock | Oral | Died |
10 | 45 | Female | Secondary | Pneumonia | Anaemia, pericardial effusion | Died | |
11 | 42 | Female | Primary | Sedative, cold exposure, hypoglycaemia | Septic shock, respiratory failure | Oral | Survived |
12 | 48 | Female | Primary | Cold exposure | DCM, CHF | Oral | Survived |
13 | 89 | Female | Primary | Acute, cold exposure, hypoglycaemia | Sepsis, refractory hypotension | Oral | Died |
14 | 50 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia, overdose | Atrial fibrillation, right bundle branch block, DIC, T2DM | Oral | Survived |
15 | 30 | Female | Primary | Sepsis, DIC, T2DM | Oral | Died | |
16 | 52 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia | T2DM, extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, sepsis | IV | Died |
17 | 60 | Female | Primary | Cold exposure, pneumonia acute gastroenteritis, viral hepatitis | Bronchial asthma, sepsis, DIC | IV | Died |
18 | 85 | Male | Primary | Urosepsis, hypoglycaemia, cold exposure | T2DM, HTN, benign prostatic hyperplasia, chronic kidney disease, DIC, refractory seizures | IV | Died |
19 | 83 | Female | Primary | Cerebrovascular accident, pneumonia, sedative, cold exposure | Hypotension, bronchial asthma, OSA | IV | Survived |
20 | 60 | Female | Primary | Pneumonia, upper gastrointestinal bleed | HTN, CAD, chronic obstetric airway disease, CLD, T2DM, rheumatoid arthritis | IV | Survived |
21 | 50 | Female | Primary | Cold exposure | T2DM, HTN, anaemia, old pulmonary tuberculosis, pericardial effusion | Oral | Survived |
22 | 70 | Female | Primary | Cold exposure, urosepsis, sedative | T2DM, HTN, CAD, refractory seizures, | Oral | Survived |
23 | 45 | Female | Primary | Cold exposure | DCM, pericardial effusion | Oral | Survived |