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Thyroid Crisis
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Definition
: A dangerous life-threatening hypermetabolic condition characterized by high FEVER and dysfunction of the cardiovascular, the nervous, and the gastrointestinal systems.
Other names
Storm, Thyrotoxic; Storm, Thyroid; Crisis, Thyroid; Crisis, Thyrotoxic; Thyrotoxic Storm; Thyrotoxic Crisis; Thyroid Storm