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Thyroid Storm
Burch Wartofsky Score & JTA criteria

Burch Wartofsky Score

Thermoregulatory dysfunction - Temperature °C [°F]
Cardiovascular dysfunction - Tachycardia (beats per minute)
Congestive heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Gastrointestinal-hepatic dysfunction
Central nervous system disturbance
Precipitant history

Japan Thyroid Association Criteria

Prerequisite for diagnosis
Symptoms

Exclusion and provisions: Cases are excluded if other underlying diseases clearly causing any of the following symptoms: fever (e.g., pneumonia and malignant hyperthermia), impaired consciousness (e.g., psychiatric disorders and cerebrovascular disease), heart failure (e.g., acute myocardial infarction), and liver disorders (e.g., viral hepatitis and acute liver failure). Therefore, it is difficult to determine whether the symptom is caused by TS or is simply a manifestation of an undelying disease; the symptom should be regarded as being due to a TS that is caused by these precipitating factors. Clinical judgment in this matter is required. TS1, “Definite” TS; TS2, “Suspected” TS.

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References

Burch HB, Wartofsky L. Life-threatening thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid storm. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1993 Jun;22(2):263-77. PMID: 8325286.

Satoh T, Isozaki O, Suzuki A, Wakino S, Iburi T, Tsuboi K, Kanamoto N, Otani H, Furukawa Y, Teramukai S, Akamizu T. 2016 Guidelines for the management of thyroid storm from The Japan Thyroid Association and Japan Endocrine Society (First edition). Endocr J. 2016 Dec 30;63(12):1025-1064. doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0336. Epub 2016 Oct 15. PMID: 27746415.

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