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Clinical Bedside Odors and Causes:
Metabolic, Toxins, Infectious

#Odors #Bedside #PhysicalExam #Causes #Differential #Smells
Clinical Bedside Odors ... Infectious #Odors
Stages of Migraine
 • Prodromal or Premonitory Phase (1-2 days): Fatigue, Yawning, Food cravings, Pallor, Nausea,
light / noise / odors
The clinical criteria for BV (Amsel critera), include 'thin' vaginal fluid, fishy odor upon potassium hydroxide
vaginal fluid, fishy odor
Olfactory Dysfunction: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Olfactory Dysfunction

Phantosmia: perception of smells that are not present
Parosmia: brain cannot
cannot identify an odor's
Nerve Agents - Toxicology
Agent - Color - Odor - Volatility - Lethal dose (LCt50) - Aging
Agent - Color - Odor
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
breath (fruity odor
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Cardinal Features:
 • Sleep disturbances: Insomnia, Frequent awakening, Non-restoring sleep
 • Pain: Generalized (head-to-toes), Described
Hypersensitivity to light, odours
SIESTA - Sleep for Inpatients Mnemonic
S - Screening for sleep disorders 
I - Instruct patients on
disruptions S - Shut doors
Dysgeusia Causes - Principal Categories of Gustatory Dysfunction
A large number of medications have been implicated in
nasal airflow and odor