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3.14.3 - Thermal Disorders

from Section 3.14 - Environmental Injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

By
Behrad Baharlo
Edited by
Ned Gilbert-Kawai ,
Debashish Dutta  and
Carl Waldmann
Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Disturbance of the body’s thermoregulatory processes can have profound systemic sequelae, including multi-organ failure.

  2. 2. Numerous underlying disease states can cause hyperthermia or hypothermia.

  3. 3. Heatstroke is a medical emergency requiring immediate cooling measures.

  4. 4. A number of syndromes due to drugs manifest with hyperthermia.

  5. 5. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome differs from serotonin syndrome in its onset.

Keywords

hypothermiahyperthermiaheatstrokeneurolepticserotonin
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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
 , pp. 422 - 424
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References and Further Reading

Association of Anaesthetists. 2020. Malignant hyperthermia 2020. anaesthetists.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Guidelines%20PDFs/Guideline%20Malignant%20hyperthermia%202020.pdf?ver=2021-01-13-144236-793Google Scholar
Dunkley, E, Isbister, G, Sibbritt, D, Dawson, A, Whyte, I. The Hunter serotonin toxicity criteria: simple and accurate diagnostic decision rules for serotonin toxicity. QJM 2003;96:635–42.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Grogan, H, Hopkins, P. Heat stroke: implications for critical care and anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth 2002;88:700–7.Google Scholar
Musselman, M, Saeley, S. Diagnosis and treatment of drug-induced hyperthermia. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2013;70:34–42.Google Scholar
Walter, E, Carraretto, M. Drug-induced hyperthermia in critical care. J Intensive Care Soc 2015;16:306–11.Google Scholar

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