Disease Information for Hypothermia, accidental/exposure
Synonyms:
Hypothermia, Hypothermia due to exposure, Hypothermia due to exposure (disorder)
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Definition:
Prolonged lowered body core temperature from environment and weakened body physiologic response; core temp usually below 34 centegrade or 93 F; treatment is physical warming;cardiac arrhythmias are often lethal during the warming phase
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Demographics & Risk Factors[next]
- Established Disease Population
- Patient/Alcoholism/chronic alcoholic
- Patient/Anorexia nervosa
- Patient/Malnourished/starved
- Patient/Phenothiazine treated
- Patient/Sepsis
- Patient/Trauma
- Patient/Atrial fibrillation poor rate control
- Patient/Severe/extensive Burns
- Patient/Addisons/hypoadrenocorticism
- Patient/Hypothyroidism (myxedema)
- Patient/Quadriplegic
- Patient/Diabetes mellitus
- Patient/Psychotic
- Population Group
- Population/Derelict/Skid-row population
- Population/Previously well
- Population/Street people/Homeless
- Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Adult/all
- Population/Adult-Aged Only
- Population/Elderly/Aged patient
- Population/Seventies adult
- Population/Sixties-adult
- Established Disease Population
Clinical Manifestations[previous][top][next]
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Coma with normal Head CT Scan
- Elderly have unusual presentations
- Presentation/Shock/with normal heart rate
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Acute only
- Signs & Symptoms
- Aged Adult
- Paradoxical shedding of clothes/heat-cold distorsion
- Arrhythmia signs/irregular pulse
- Blue lips
- Bradycardia of about 30 beats/min
- Capillary Refill Time/CRT Abnormal
- Cardiac Symptoms/Signs
- Cyanosis
- Decreased peripheral pulses
- Dorsalis pedis pulse decreased
- Falling blood pressure/progessive/signs
- Hypotension/relative bradycardia
- Orthostatic drop in blood pressure
- Peculiar warm tingling body sensatiom
- Regional pallor/vasospasm
- Slow pulse/Bradycardia
- Vasospasm of extremities/Signs
- Cold clammy skin
- Skin cold/diffuse
- Cold hands/fingers and toes
- Cyanotic extremity
- Muscle stiffness/rigidity
- Muscle tone/decreased
- Stiffness in Extremities
- Weak/Weak as a kitten (symptom)
- Absent knee reflexes
- Acute ataxia
- Altered mental status/Mental status change
- Ankle reflexes absent
- Ankle reflexes decreased
- Apathy/Indifference
- Ataxia
- Ataxia/Staggering Gait
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Cognitive defect
- Confusion/agitation on exam
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Coordination/signs
- Delirium
- Delirium/Agitated delirium
- Drowsiness/somnolence
- Dysarthria
- Fine-motor coordination problems
- Hung reflexes (prolonged relaxation)/Woltman sign
- Hyporeflexia/DTRs decreased
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Intoxicated state/ataxia/slurred speech
- Irritability/short tempered
- Limb Ataxia
- Limb ataxia/clumsiness child
- Numbness/distal fingers and toes
- Obtunded/poorly responsive status/signs
- Pupils fixed/dilated
- Slow speech
- Slurred Speech/Acute
- Stupor/poor reponse to stimulus
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unconscious/Narcosis status
- Weak reflexes
- Blue nailbeds
- Bradypnea/Decreased respiratory rate
- Hypoventilation/sign
- Hallucination/visual
- Oliguria/Decreased urine output
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Chills
- Cold clammy pale status
- Enervated/extreme acute fatigue
- Intoxication/overdose syndrome
- Listlessness/lassitude
- Low body temperature
- Mucous membrane pallor
- Neonatal edema/anasarca
- Pallor
- Shivering
- Weakness non-neuromuscular/systemic
- Pupillary reaction/sluggish
- Typical Clinical Presentation
Laboratory Tests[previous][top][next]
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
- ALT/SGPT (Alanine transferase) (Lab)
- Aspartamine aminotransferase (SGOT, AST) (Lab)
- AST/SGOT (aspartamine transferase) (Lab)
- Bicarbonate, serum (Lab)
- BUN/Blood urea nitrogen (Lab)
- CPK/CK/Creatine kinase/Creatine phosphokinase (Lab)
- Glucose, blood (Lab)
- Hematocrit (Lab)
- Hemoglobin (Lab)
- Lactic acid/Lactate (Lab)
- LDH/Lactic Dehydrogenase (Lab)
- Magnesium (Lab)
- PCO2, arterial blood (Lab)
- Potassium, serum (Lab)
- RBC/Red Blood Count (Lab)
- URINE Kynurenic acid
- URINE Norepinephrine
Diagnostic Test Results[previous][top][next]
- Electrodiagnosis
- EKG (ECG)
- EKG/Prolonged PR Interval (ECG)
- EKG/Bizarre QRS patterns (ECG)
- EKG/High J-point (ECG)
- EKG/Low voltage all leads (ECG)
- EKG/Prolonged QRS interval (ECG)
- EKG/Pseudoinfarction pattern/Q Waves/atypical (ECG)
- EKG/QRS greater than .12 ms/wide (ECG)
- EKG/Widened QRS pattern (ECG)
- EKG/Non-specific ST-T Wave changes (ECG)
- EKG/Osborne Wave (Camel-hump ST segment) (ECG)
- EKG/Prolonged QT interval (ECG)
- EKG/Prominent U Waves (ECG)
- EKG/Sinus bradycardia (ECG)
- EKG/Sinus pause (ECG)
- EKG/Changes/abnormalities (ECG)
- EKG/Pulseless electrical activity (ECG)
Associated Diseases & Rule outs[previous][top][next]
- Rule Outs
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Acidosis
- Acidosis, metabolic
- Acidosis, respiratory
- Acute anuria/renal failure
- Acute renal failure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial flutter
- Azotemia in Elderly
- Azotemia/Acute
- Brady-arrhythmia
- Cardiac arrest
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiac conduction defects
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cold injury/environmental
- Coma in Children
- Coma in Elderly
- Coma/Unconscious
- Cutis marmorata/newborn
- Dehydration
- Digitalis toxicity/poisoning
- Digoxin (Lanoxin) effect/toxicity
- Drug induced Arrhythmias
- Electromechanical dissociation/cardiac
- Frostbite
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Gangrene/foot/lower extremity
- Gangrene/toe
- Hyperglycemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyperviscosity syndrome
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypoglycemia, infantile
- Hypotension/Low blood pressure
- Hypothermia
- Hypothermia induced arrhythmia
- Hypothermia, accidental/exposure
- Hypovolemia
- Hypovolemic shock
- Hypoxia, systemic
- Lactic acidosis
- Metabolic encephalopathy
- Pancreatitis, acute
- Pneumonia/Bronchopneumonia
- Presentation/Pancreatitis in kids/recurrent
- Proteinuria
- Pulmonary edema
- Sedation/torpor induced
- Shock
- Sinus bradycardia
- Supraventricular tachycardia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytopenia in Elderly
- Ventricular tachycardia/arrest
- Volume depletion (intravascular)
- Akinetic Rigid Syndrome
- Disease Synergy - Causes
- Synergy/Age
- Synergy/Infant status
Disease Mechanism & Classification[previous][top][next]
- Class
- CLASS/Systemic/no comment (category)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Hypometabolic state
- Pathophysiology/Hypothermic
- Pathophysiology/Blood volume/decrease/low
- Pathophysiology/Negative inotropic effect
- Pathophysiology/Perfusion defect/systemic
- Pathophysiology/Hemoconcentration effect
- Pathophysiology/Delayed gastric emptying/gastrostasis
- Pathophysiology/Central cord syndrome
- Process
- PROCESS/Electromagnetic/physics trauma (category)
- PROCESS/Pathophysiologic disorder (category)
- PROCESS/Physics trauma (ex)
- Toxin
- TOXIN/Venous pooling/low wedge press (ex).
- Class
Treatment[previous][top][next]
- Drug Therapy - Contraindication
- RX/Digoxin (Lanoxin)
- RX/Epinephrine (Adrenalin)
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Fluid/electrolytes intravenous
- RX/Hydration/fluids/IV
- RX/Saline intravenous
- Other Treatments
- TX/Gentle/slow warming
- TX/Intensive care management
- Drug Therapy - Contraindication
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