846 results
Regulation of Core Body Temperature

#Pathophysiology #Thermoregulation #Body #Temperature #Core #Thermoregulatory

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Hutchison's Clinical Methods
Regulation of Core Body Temperature ... #Pathophysiology ... Thermoregulation #Body #Temperature
Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Curve

Left Shift (↓ O2 unloading to tissue), Left = Lower:
 • ↓ H+ (↑
2,3-BPG • ↓ Temperature ... Altitude • ↑Temperature ... Dissociation #Curve #pathophysiology
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
alkalosis) - decr temperature ... acidosis) - incr temperature ... Dissociation #Curve #Pathophysiology
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
• Increase the temperature ... chills alone • Temperature ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Loss of pain and temperature ... iniury, pain and temperature ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
to both WBC and temperature ... • Abnormal temperature ... 33% had normal temperature ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Hypothermia in Anesthesiology - Avoiding Hypothermia and Physiologic Changes with Hypothermia

Avoiding hypothermia: 

1. temperature in OR
hypothermia: 1. temperature ... Anesthesiology #Pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
tingling, loss of temperature ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
High Flow Nasal Cannula
Putative beneficial mechanisms of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) 
oxygen therapy. EELV, end-expiratory
fraction; Temp., temperature ... highflownasalcannula #pathophysiology
Growth Patterns - Molds, Yeasts and Dimorphic 
 • Mold - Arial mycelia and vegitative mycelia
environmental and body temperature ... environmental and body temperature ... environmental temperatures ... growth at both body temperature