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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Fetal death due to upper airway compromise complicated by thyroid storm in a mother with uncontrolled Graves’ disease: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Fetal death due to upper airway compromise complicated by thyroid storm in a mother with uncontrolled Graves disease a case report Recep Yildizhan Mertihan Kurdoglu Ertan Adali and Ali Kolusari Address Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Yuzuncu Yil University School of Medicine Van Turkey Email RY - recepyildizhan@ MK - mkurdoglu@ EA - ertanadali@ AK - dralikolusari@ Corresponding author Published 28 May 2009 Received 6 March 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7297 doi 1752-1947-3-7297 Accepted 23 January 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7297 2009 Yildizhan et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction We report an unusual case of upper airway compromise complicated by thyroid storm in a pregnant woman with Graves disease ending with the in utero death of the fetus. This complication might have developed due to upper airway edema as a result of poorly controlled hyperthyroidism. Case presentation A 41-year-old Turkish woman at 27 weeks gestation suffering from Graves disease was referred to our emergency department with a diagnosis of respiratory arrest. She was unconscious and had been intubated. Her laboratory results were compatible with thyrotoxicosis. The patient had suffered from respiratory difficulty for a long time and had stopped using her antithyroid medications after the first trimester of pregnancy. One day before she had visited an obstetrician because her respiratory distress had increased. At that time her fetus was still alive. She was given oxygen therapy and then sent home. With a presumptive .

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