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Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... in the hypothalamic ... Not regulated by hypothalamic ... BrighamChiefs #Fever
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... Brucellosis, Q fever ... Mediterranean fever ... , Factitious fever ... , Hypothalamic dysfunction
Fever - Pyrogen Pathophysiology

EXOGENOUS PYROGEN
 • Bacteria: Lipopolysaccharide components, peptidoglycans and muramyl peptide derivatives, Toxins
 •
Fever - Pyrogen ... stimulates cAMP in the hypothalamus ... production → Fever ... #Fever #Pathophysiology
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
Status Epilepticus, Hypothalamic ... #Causes #high #fever
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
point for the hypothalamus ... → fever Indicators ... stimulates cAMP in the hypothalamus
Hypothalamic releasing hormones and the pituitary trophic hormones. 

#Hypothalamic #Pituitary #Hormones #Release #Trophic #Anterior #Hypothalamus #Endocrinology
Hypothalamic releasing ... #Hypothalamic #Pituitary ... Trophic #Anterior #Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus Anatomy and Hypothalamic Nuclei

By @rev.med

#Hypothalamus #Anatomy #Nuclei #neurology #neuroanatomy
Hypothalamus Anatomy ... and Hypothalamic ... By @rev.med #Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus Anatomy and Hypothalamic Nuclei
 • Anterior hypothalamic nucleus - Body temperature, thermal regulation (heat dissipation),
Hypothalamus Anatomy ... and Hypothalamic ... Nuclei • Anterior hypothalamic ... Dorsal & lateral hypothalamic ... By @rev.med #Hypothalamus
Menstrual Cycle Physiology: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis
Estrogen, when released:
 • Negatively feeds back on the hypothalamus and
Physiology: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian ... feeds back on the hypothalamus ... feeds back on the hypothalamus
Overview of hypothalamus and pituitary hormones and their regulation.

#hypothalamus #pituitary #endocrinology #Hormones #diagnosis #algorithm
Overview of hypothalamus ... #hypothalamus #pituitary