Successful treatment of myxedema coma with a combination of levothyroxine and liothyronine
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Split high‐dose oral levothyroxine treatment as a successful therapy option in myxedema coma
High-dose intravenous thyroxine (T4) is the preferable treatment for myxedema coma. We describe the clinical course of a 69-year-old man who presented with myxedema coma and received oral levothyroxine (LT4) therapy (1 mg) in a split dose. This suggests split high-dose oral LT4 as a therapeutic option in myxedema coma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0918-8959,1348-4540
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej18-0469