RT Journal
A1 Pandya K, Lal C, Scheinhorn D, Day I, Sharma OP
T1 HYpothyroidism and ventilator dependency
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1989
FD September 1
VO 149
IS 9
SP 2115
OP 2116
DO 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390090139029
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1989.00390090139029
AB • Four patients with long-term ventilator dependency and severe hypothyroidism discovered in a single year are described. Correction of hypothyroidism was helpful in weaning three patients from the ventilator. The fourth patient died of other medical problems. None of these patients had goiter or clinical evidence of hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism was discovered during workup for neurologic or cardiologic problems. Although hypothyroidism is not a common cause of ventilator dependency, it might be more common than we think.(Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:2115-2116)