Epidemiology and factors associated with mortality of thyroid storm in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study.

Internal and Emergency Medicine
Edy KorneliusSai-Wai Ho

Abstract

Thyroid storm is a rare and life-threatening disease. However, its prevalence, incidence, and mortality rate in Chinese population are unknown. We performed a retrospective study using the Taiwan Health and Welfare Data. Patients admitted owing to thyrotoxicosis were divided into thyroid storm group and non-thyroid storm group. We assessed thyroid storm prevalence, incidence, complications, and mortality rate. Multiple Cox regression was performed to estimate the hazard ratio for the mortality risk. Overall, 1244 thyroid storm patients and 83,874 thyrotoxicosis patients without thyroid storm were included. Most thyroid storm patients were female (67.9%) with ages ranging from 30 to 44 years (33.4%), and most thyroid storm cases occurred during the summer season. The prevalence of thyroid storm was 1.48% (1244/83,874). The incidence rate of thyroid storm was 0.55 per 100,000 persons per year and 6.28 per 100,000 hospitalized patients per year. The overall 14-, 28-, and 90-day mortality rates of thyroid storm patients were 5.23%, 6.59%, and 8.12%, respectively. Thyroid storm, older age, male, and underlying ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure, kidney disease, atrial fibrillation, depression, chronic obstructive ...Continue Reading

References

Nov 5, 1970·The New England Journal of Medicine·I N Rosenberg
Jan 1, 1995·The Medical Clinics of North America·S T Tietgens, M C Leinung
Mar 29, 2007·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism·Hirotoshi NakamuraNoboru Hamada
Jun 14, 2012·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Takashi AkamizuUNKNOWN Japan Thyroid Association
Aug 16, 2016·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Douglas S RossMartin A Walter
Sep 14, 2017·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Takashi Akamizu
Apr 25, 2018·Endocrine Practice : Official Journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists·Edy KorneliusJeng-Yuan Chiou
Nov 2, 2018·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Rodolfo J GalindoGuillermo E Umpierrez
Dec 12, 2018·Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association·Ana M RivasJoaquin Lado-Abeal

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Atrial Filbrillation

Atrial fibrillation refers to the abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atria. Here is the latest research.

Arrhythmia

Arrhythmias are abnormalities in heart rhythms, which can be either too fast or too slow. They can result from abnormalities of the initiation of an impulse or impulse conduction or a combination of both. Here is the latest research on arrhythmias.

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly due to stroke and thromboembolism. Here is the latest research.

Related Papers

The New England Journal of Medicine
I N Rosenberg
Medsurg Nursing : Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
Mary L Schreiber
Canadian Medical Association Journal
A R Munroe
MMW Fortschritte der Medizin
Johannes W Dietrich, Katharina Barkhoff
Minnesota Medicine
J R Eckerly
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved