ANAESTHESIA IN UNTREATED MYXOEDEMA

Anginal Pain in Myxoedema.

The Electrocardiogram in Myxoedema.

Myxoedema ascites.

A case of myxoedema ascites complicating ischaemic heart disease is reported. Partial thyroid hormone replacement therapy, given slowly, eventually produced a diuresis and complete resolution of the ascites after a delay of 4 weeks.

Myxoedema in Young Women.

Although the nature of the relationship between the thyroid gland and the gonads is undetermined (Spence 1953) it is well recognized that the incidence of clinical subthyroidism and myxoedema is far greater in women than men, and highest at or after themeno pause*. Green (1951), however, says that the demand of the body for thyroid hormone is greatest in women at puberty and during pregnancy an...

Exercise Electrocardiogram in Myxoedema

An unexpectedly high incidence of abnormalities in the sulphobromophthalein (Bromsulphalein) excretion test, and to a smaller extent in other tests of liver function, was found in patients taking allopurinol and in those on uricosuric treatment. The reason for this is not apparent, but there is no evidence that either type of drug treatment was responsible. It is as yet uncertain whether allopu...