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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... Treatment depends ... crisis (late sign ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
prostaglandin E2 • Triggered ... production • Treatment ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... Identify underlying cause ... Cooling blankets can cause
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #causes
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... : Evaluate for thymoma ... Myasthenia Crises ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
rise is a late sign ... other, more common causes ... ❹ Call for MH treatment ... COMPLICATIONS AND OUTLINE TREATMENTS ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... for secondary causes ... glucocorticoid treatment ... organ-specific signs
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
More likely to cause ... to screen for thymoma ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... patients with thymoma ... diagnosis #management #neurology
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
for aggressive treatment ... epilepticus which may cause ... epilepticus may cause ... rhabdomyolysis, hyperthermia ... #Management #Neurology
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome - Diagnosis
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic medications classically characterized
generalized rigidity, hyperthermia ... Triggers: - Antipsychotics ... status: catatonic signs ... are decreased - Hyperthermia ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #neurology
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
in 1850 and the cause ... emergencies are caused ... storm (TS) are triggered ... of hypothermia; ... Hypothyroidism, #Hypothermia