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Hypothermia - Correlation of Core Temperature and Physiological Changes

#Diagnosis #EmergencyMedicine #Hypothermia #Signs #Symptoms #Overview #Changes #Temperature
Correlation of Core Temperature ... Physiological Changes #Diagnosis ... Hypothermia #Signs #Symptoms ... Overview #Changes #Temperature
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
spine Signs / Symptoms ... tingling, loss of temperature ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Loss of pain and temperature ... iniury, pain and temperature ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Diagnostic Criteria (The "Budapest Criteria"):
 • Persistent pain out of proportion to
Syndrome (CRPS) Diagnostic ... inciting event • Symptoms ... - Vasomotor: Temperature ... painful) • Other Symptoms ... hyperemia), ↑/↓ Temperature
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
(Cold-induced symptoms ... Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... Differential Diagnosis ... (RBCs) at cold temperatures ... rewarming • Symptoms
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... Loss of pain and temperature ... Loss of pain and temperature ... #differential #diagnosis
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
the normal body temperature ... near-freezing temperature ... Cryofibrinogenemia Symptoms ... Cryofibrinogenemia Diagnosis ... Cryofibrinogenemia #diagnosis
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... life • M=F Symptoms ... panic attack-type symptoms ... hyperthermia (temperature ... Less common symptoms
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
accounted for by room temperature ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... Withdrawal #Score #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Syncope • Signs/Symptoms ... High body temperatures ... #differential #diagnosis