Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2013
On the first day after a surgery for diffuse toxic goiter a patient developed difficulty breathing, cold sweats, weakness. Objectively: pale skin, body temperature - 38,5°C, RR - 25/min, Ps- 110/min, AP-90/60 mm Hg. What early postoperative complication occurred in the patient?
Answer options
- Acute thyroiditis
- Compression of the trachea by the hematoma
- Postoperative tetany
- Thyrotoxic crisis
- Hypothyroid crisis
Correct answer
Thyrotoxic crisis
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