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Patients who have survived thyroid storm should receive definite therapy for their underlying hyperthyroidism to avoid any recurrence of this potentially fatal condition.
Thyroid storm requiring ICU admission causes high in-ICU mortality.
Patients with thyroid storm may be predisposed to the development of neuropsychiatric change.
The diagnosis of thyroid storm may carry a 1.8 to nearly 20% mortality rate in hospitalized patients and thus requires prompt diagnosis and intervention.
Thyroid storm was the first presentation of thyrotoxicosis in a significant proportion of patients, highlighting the importance of a high index of suspicion in an appropriate clinical context.
Outcomes: Due to our immediate recognition and aggressive treatment, more serious manifestations of thyroid storm were avoided.