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SIGNS OF CHOLINERGIC CRISIS: DUMBELLS
-Diarrhea
-Urination
-Miosis
-Bradycardia
-Bronchospasm
-Emesis
-Lacrimation
-Lethargy
-Salivation

#Diagnosis #Toxicology #Muscarinic #Cholinergic #Toxidrome #Poisoning #DUMBELLS #DUMBBELLS #Mnemonic
CHOLINERGIC CRISIS: DUMBELLS ... #Cholinergic #Toxidrome ... #Poisoning #DUMBELLS ... #DUMBBELLS #Mnemonic
Hyperthermic Syndromes - This table summarizes the similarities and differences between some toxicologic causes of hyperthermic
Hyperthermic Syndromes ... Antimuscarinic toxidrome ... Sympathomimetic toxidrome ... • Malignant Hyperthermia ... Kat_Watson #Hyperthermic
Mnemonics - Organophosphate Toxin Poisoning
#Diagnosis #Toxicology #Organophosphate #Cholinergic #Toxidrome #Poisoning #SLUDGE #DUMBBELLS #Mnemonic
#Cholinergic #Toxidrome ... Poisoning #SLUDGE #DUMBBELLS
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
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Storm • Malignant Hyperthermia ... Sympathomimetic Toxidrome ... Anticholinergic Toxidrome ... SarahFoohey #Hot #fever
Hyperthermic Toxidromes
Five toxidromes may present with overlapping features: hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, altered mental status/seizures.
 • Sympathomimetic -
Hyperthermic Toxidromes ... Five toxidromes ... overlapping features: hyperthermia ... ) • Malignant Hyperthermia ... #Toxidromes #comparison
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... stroke; Malignant hyperthermia ... BrighamChiefs #Fever ... #Hyperthermia #
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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oxygen checks - Toxidrome ... examination - Fever
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
of Acute Onset Fever ... • Malignant Hyperthermia ... disease • Drug fever ... #Fever #Acute
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... Actively maintained fever ... CAUSES OF HYPERTHERMIA ... • Malignant hyperthermia ... Perioperative #Hyperthermia
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
• Malignant Hyperthermia ... #Causes #high #fever