Expert Commentary For those of you who have not yet cared for a patient in Thyroid Storm, I guarantee that the experience will humble you. As far as endocrine emergencies go, this one is (quite literally) a killer. In 1993, Burch and Wartofsky cited mortality rates as high as 20 to 50% [1]. In more recent literature, the mortality rate of this condition is still at a whopping 10% [2]. As you can see from the beautifully presented infographic above, there are a number of complexities that factor...