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The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
 •
The Hot and Altered ... Sympathomimetic Toxidrome • ETOH ... #Hot #fever #Altered
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
 •
to effects of EtOH ... exacerbated by EtOH ... desire to use EtOH ... • Withdrawal symptoms ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Hypertension and Altered ... Drug (-): • ETOH ... encephalopathy #altered
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Factors - smoking, etoh ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms ... Vertigo 50% - Altered ... Outdoors improves symptoms
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
diabetes Key signs/symptoms ... (days/weeks), altered
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

** EDIT - SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM HERE:
https://www.grepmed.com/images/4060/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit

-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
withdrawal, the current shortage ... Management #Alcohol #EtOH
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Patient is hot and altered ... ingestion/exposure Symptoms ... loss, Dizziness, Altered
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Life-Threatening): Akathisia, Altered ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Symptoms
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Timeline
#Diagnosis #Alcohol #EtOH #Withdrawal #Symptoms #Timeline #DeliriumTremens
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom ... Diagnosis #Alcohol #EtOH ... #Withdrawal #Symptoms