A patient with thyroid storm has received beta-blockade and a thionamide. Which additional antithyroid treatment must be timed after the thionamide to...

Question

A patient with thyroid storm has received beta-blockade and a thionamide. Which additional antithyroid treatment must be timed after the thionamide to avoid providing substrate for new hormone synthesis?

Accepted Answer

Give inorganic iodine one hour after the thionamide

Answer

Give inorganic iodine one hour before the thionamide

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Give radioactive iodine after initial beta-blockade and cooling

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Give levothyroxine after the thionamide and corticosteroid

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Give cholestyramine before introducing any thionamide treatment

Acute Chest Pain Evaluation — MRCEM SBA MCQ

A patient with thyroid storm has received beta-blockade and a thionamide. Which additional antithyroid treatment must be timed after the thionamide to avoid providing substrate for new hormone synthesis?