II. Causes: Environmental exposure
- Cold water immersion or Submersion
- Cold Exposure
III. Causes: Altered Thermoregulation
- Endocrinopathy
- Hypothyroidism including Myxedema Coma
- Adrenal Insufficiency
- Pituitary or Hypothalamus dysfunction
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (or Alcoholic Ketoacidosis)
- Lactic Acidosis
- Central neurologic disorders
- Peripheral neurologic disorders
- Miscellaneous causes
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Shivering impaired (e.g. medications)
- Hypoglycemia or Malnutrition
- Extremes of age (very young or very old)
IV. Causes: Increased Heat Loss
- Septic Shock and other shock states
- Dermatitis
- Severe Burn Injury
- Severe skin exfoliation
- Severe Psoriasis
- Iatrogenic
- Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Over-correction of Heat Illness
- Cold fluid infusion
V. Causes: Substances
- Impact both increased heat loss and altered Thermoregulation
- Alcohol Intoxication
- Phenothiazines
- Benzodiazepines or Barbiturates
VI. References
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| Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
| SnomedCT | 206787000, 158181009 |
| English | Hypothermia, of non-environmental cause, Hypothermia,non-environment, [D]Hypothermia, of non-environmental cause (context-dependent category), [D]Hypothermia, of non-environmental cause, [D]Hypothermia,non-environment, [D]Hypothermia, of non-environmental cause (situation) |
| Spanish | [D]hipotermia de causa no ambiental (categorÃa dependiente del contexto), [D]hipotermia de causa no ambiental, [D]hipotermia de causa no ambiental (situación) |
