Developed by top pediatric hospitalists, Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, is sure to become your go-to resource from initial patient evaluation all the way through discharge management. Quickly obtain the essential information for managing a wide range of pediatric medical conditions in patients who have been admitted to the hospital with this trusted, pocket-sized reference. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/caring-for-the-hospitalized-child-a-handbook-of-inpatient-pediatrics-3rd-edition-paperback/
27: Hyperthyroidism
-
Published:May 2023
Jennifer Kaczmarek, MD, MSc, FAAP, Sangeeta Krishna, MD, FAAP, "Hyperthyroidism", Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine, Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM
Download citation file:
Hyperthyroidism is rare in children, but if unrecognized, it can have potentially fatal consequences. The most common cause (95%) of hyperthyroidism in pediatrics is Graves disease (autoimmune hyperthyroidism), which primarily affects female adolescents. There is a strong genetic predilection and association with other autoimmune diseases within the family or in the same patient. Other causes of hyperthyroidism include pituitary and thyroid adenomas, Hashitoxicosis, suppurative or subacute viral thyroiditis, and drug-induced (amiodarone, iodine) thyrotoxicosis.
Thyroid storm, or thyrotoxic crisis, is a rare, multisystem medical emergency that may be precipitated by acute illness, surgery, or abrupt withdrawal of antithyroid medications in a...
