Diagnosaurus
Hypothermia
Etiology
- Cold exposure including drowning
- Infection
- Other causes of altered mental status, eg, hypoglycemia, drugs, stroke
- Hypothyroidism
- Anorexia or malnutrition (poor fat stores)
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Burns
- Spinal cord injury
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hypothermia." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114904/all/Hypothermia.
Zeiger RFR. Hypothermia. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114904/all/Hypothermia. Accessed May 12, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Hypothermia. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114904/all/Hypothermia
Zeiger RFR. Hypothermia [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 12]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114904/all/Hypothermia.
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