Myxedema coma is a life threatening condition that arises when the body has too little thyroid hormone and results in coma or a near coma state.
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- Myxedema Coma or Crisis Discusses the life-threatening form of untreated hypothyroidism with physiological decompensation. From eMedicine.
- Myxedema Coma Provides an overview of this condition, the causes, symptoms, and treatment. From eMedicine Health.
- MedicineNet - Myxedema Coma Considered a life-threatening complication of hypothyroidism that represents the far more serious side of the spectrum of thyroid disease.
- Myxedema Coma: Diagnosis and Treatment Describes the common misconception that a patient must be comatose to be diagnosed with this complication and discusses factors known to precipitate it.