Conducta preventiva y manejo terapéutico de la tormenta tiroidea en la actualidad

Abstract

Thyroid storm is an endocrine emergency that has a mortality rate of 8 to 25% despite modern advances and supportive measures for its treatment. For this reason, due to the impact of this pathology, the objective of this bibliographic review is to update the management of thyroid storm, since it is essential to reach a suspicion and timely diagnosis, to achieve preventive behavior or initiate treatment. aggressive, for which scientific articles from the last 5 years were compiled in databases such as PubMed, Elseiver, where a review and compilation of the most up-to-date forms of treatment were carried out, to serve as a source of information for healthcare professionals. health and to increase the chances of survival of the affected population.