Accidental hypothermia in a healthy quadriplegic patient.
An otherwise healthy 28-year-old quadriplegic patient was admitted to the hospital with a core temperature of 76 degrees F secondary to accidental hypothermia. Her neurologic disability was detrimental to thermoregulation by decreasing her ability to shiver actively and to vasoconstrict. The relationship between shivering and thermoregulation is discussed.
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012768:Shivering