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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Hypothermia
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Systemic hypothermia, Hypothermia of the extremities, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Therapeutic Procedures, Active external rewarming, Active internal (core) rewarming, Outcome, Follow-Up, Complications, Prognosis, Prevention, When to Admit, References,
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Topics Discussed: hypothermia - accidental; hypothermia, natural.
Excerpt: | |  In mild cases with core temperature between 35 °C and 32 °C:
| | – Tachypnea – Tachycardia – Hypertension – Shivering – Impaired coordination – Poor judgment – Apathy |
With core temperature between 32 °C and 28 °C: | | – Bodily functions slows down – Shivering stops – Bradycardia, dilated pupils, slowed reflexes, cold diuresis, and confusion and lethargy ensue |
Below 28 °C:
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