A patient arrives in the emergency department with a heart rate of 128 beats/minute and a temperature of 105 F. The patient's skin feels hot and moist. The free T4 level is 4 ng/dL, the free T3 level is 685 pg/dL, and the TSH level is 0.1 microunits/mL. The provider caring for this patient will give what intervention priority?
A) Intravenous levothyroxine
B) Iodine-131 (131I)
C) Methimazole
D) Propylthiouracil (PTU)
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