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Thyroid Storm
Tori, a 41-year-old client with Graves' disease, stopped taking her antithyroid medication three months ago. Yesterday she had an emergency appendectomy. On postoperative day 1, the nurse finds her restless and picking at the bedding, her gown soaked with sweat.
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