Case report: sleep alterations associated with hypothyroidism
This paper presents a case report of a perimenopausal woman who repeatedly attended health care institutions due to chronic insomnia, and underwent pharmacological treatments and psychiatric hospitalizations without achieving any positive result for nearly three years. After compiling all the inform...
- Autores:
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Chica-Urzola, Heydy Luz
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65194
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65194
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66217/
- Palabra clave:
- 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Sleep Disorders
Hypothyroidism
Diagnosis
Sleep Iniciation and Maintenance Disorders
Trastornos del sueño
Hipotiroidismo
Diagnóstico
Trastornos del inicio y del mantenimiento del sueño
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | This paper presents a case report of a perimenopausal woman who repeatedly attended health care institutions due to chronic insomnia, and underwent pharmacological treatments and psychiatric hospitalizations without achieving any positive result for nearly three years. After compiling all the information of the case, as well as analyzing previous and recent paraclinical studies, the patient was diagnosed with hypothyroidism.The purpose of this paper is to draw attention on the adequate use of clinical diagnostic tools and processes to optimize the medical practice and to offer a better service to patients. |
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