Table 2.

Presenting problems of patients undergoing urgent thyroidectomy

Clinical variables
Previous diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis	22 (73.3%)
New diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis	8 (26.7%)
Taking ATD before admission	7 (23.3%)
Duration of ATD use before admission, days	33 [14, 168]
Thyroid storm	8 (26.7%)
BWPS score	50 (4)
Atrial fibrillation	16 (53.3%)
Heart rate at admission, bpm	114 (26)
Heart failure	12 (40.0%)
BNP, pg/mL	620 [541, 1630]
Liver failure	5 (16.7%)
MELD score	23 [19, 34]
Kidney failure	1 (3.3%)
Cardiac arrest	2 (6.7%)

ATD, antithyroid drug; BWPS: Burch-Wartofsky Point Scale; bpm, beats per minute bpm; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease. Categorical variables are presented as number (percentage), while numerical variables are shown as mean (standard deviation) or median [Q1, Q3] based on their distribution.