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Hyperthermia
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Contents
Fever
Infectious
- Critical
- Sepsis
- PNA with respiratory failure
- Peritonitis
- Meningitis
- Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
- Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Emergent
- PNA
- Peritonsillar Abscess
- Retropharyngeal Abscess
- Epiglottitis
- Endocarditis
- Pericarditis
- Appendicitis
- Cholecystitis
- Diverticulitis
- Intra-abdominal abscess
- Pyelonephritis
- Tubo-ovarian abscess
- Encephalitis
- Brain abscess
- Cellulitis
- Abscess
- Malaria
- Non-emergent
Non-infectious
- Critical
- Emergent
- CHF
- Dehydration
- Recent Seizure
- Sickle Cell Dz
- Transplant rejection
- Pancreatitis
- DVT
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Non-emergent
- Drug fever (except as in NMS, Serotonin Syndrome)
- Malignancy
- Gout
- Sarcoidosis
- Crohn's Disease
- Postmyocardiotomy sy
Toxicologic causes of Hyperthermia
- Serotonin syndrome
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- Excited delirium syndrome
- Sympathomimetic toxicity
- Anticholinergic toxicity
- Alcohol withdrawal/Delirium tremens
- Lithium toxicity
- Salicylate toxicity
- TCA toxicity
- Laundry detergent pod ingestion
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Dinitrophenol toxicity
