Myxedema coma diagnostic criteria

{{Myxedema coma}] Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

The diagnosis of myxedema coma is made when the three key diagnostic features of myxedema coma are present, which include altered mental status, hypothermia or absence of fever and a precipitating event such as cold exposure, infection, drugs.

Diagnostic criteria

The diagnosis of myxedema coma is made when the following three key diagnostic features are present, which include:

• Altered mental status
• Hypothermia or absence of fever
• Precipitating event (cold exposure, infection, drugs)