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The nurse is teaching a class for a group of nursing students regarding myxedema coma. The nurse knows the students understand teaching when they identify which of the following as possible precipitating factors for myxedema coma?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. trauma
2. infection
3. excessive use of thyroid replacement medications
4. excessive use of central nervous system stimulants
5. exposure to excessive heat and humidity

1,2 -- Myxedema coma may be precipitated by trauma, infection, failure to take thyroid replacement medications, the use of central nervous system depressants, and exposure to cold temperatures. Excessive use of thyroid replacement medications, central nervous system stimulants, or exposure to heat and humidity would not precipitate myxedema coma.