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Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2010, Cilt 15, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 213-214 |
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Levothyroxine Intoxication |
Hasan KARA1, Özgül YILDIZ2, İbrahim BÜKÜM1, Abdullah ÇETKİN1, Reyhan KARADAĞ1 |
1Bingöl Devlet Hastanesi, Acil Tıp, BİNGÖL, Türkiye 2Bingöl Devlet Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji, BİNGÖL, Türkiye |
Levothyroxine is a common agent which is used in thyroid replacement therapy. It has a large scale of symptoms in patients which expose to high doses. Most of the patients remains asymptomatic and only a small amount comes up with symptoms. There haven't been any established trade protocols for levothyroxine intoxication in adults. In this case, we report a 19 year old levothyroxin intoxication patient, required intensive care treatment. Patient had gastrointestinal lavage, activated charcoal, propylthiouracil, propranolol and prednisolone therapy. Patient didn't have any thyrotoxicosis symptoms and discharced.
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