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Is there a history of drug or alcohol ingestion? Many drugs can cause diaphoresis, but caffeine and nicotine head the list. Alcohol can be associated with significant diaphoresis also. ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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What is the chloride level? Hypernatremia with an elevated chloride is almost certainly due to dehydration, but renal and hypothalamic diabetes insipidus, heat ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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Serum sodium may be increased by water deprivation, excessive water losses without sufficient repletion, or excessive sodium intake. The majority of cases of this common problem are due to free water deficit rather than sodium excess.... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Night sweats are a common complaint in primary care medicine. Different authors define night sweats variably, but this term generally pertains to drenching sweats at night that are not caused... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Hypernatremia is defined as a serum sodium concentration ([Na+]) >147 meq/L (some texts use >150 meq/L). In the normal state, the response to increased serum osmolarity is stimulation of thirst (promotes fluid intake) and an... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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The common causes of excessive sweating are benign and are the body's natural cooling response or the response to emotional stimuli. The most important cause to keep in mind is congestive... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Night sweats are an often-underreported symptom that consist of profuse sweating during the night. They may or may not be accompanied by excessive sweating during the daytime, and they can be confused with... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... If an electrolyte profile shows an elevated sodium level, the physiology model of intake, regulation and excretion may be applied to develop a list of possibilities. However, the focus should be on water intake, transport,
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... It is uncommon for patients to present with the chief complaint of excessive sweating (diaphoresis, hyperhidrosis); when they do, it is often hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet due to
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... Anhidrosis, an abnormal deficiency of sweat, can be classified as generalized (complete) or localized (partial). Generalized anhidrosis can lead to life-threatening impairment of thermoregulation. Localized anhidrosis rarely interferes... Emergency interventions ... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Pictures
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... Diaphoresis is profuse sweating — at times, amounting to more than 1 L of sweat per hour. This sign represents an autonomic nervous system response to physical or psychogenic... History and physical examination ... Pictures
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... Clammy skin — moist, cool, and usually pale — is a sympathetic response to stress, which triggers release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones cause... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Pictures
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... Pure Water Loss
Inability to obtain or swallow water (e.g., coma, dementia, infancy)
Impaired thirst drive (e.g., hypothalamic lesion)
Increased insensible loss
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Anhidrosis
(Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
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... Anhidrosis, an abnormal deficiency of sweat, can be classified as generalized (complete) or localized (partial). Generalized anhidrosis can lead to life-threatening impairment... Emergency interventions ... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Patient counseling ... Pictures
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... Diaphoresis is profuse sweating, sometimes amounting to more than 1 L of sweat per hour. This sign represents an autonomic nervous system response to physical or psychogenic stress, fever, or high environmental temperature. When... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Pictures
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... Clammy skin—moist, cool, and usually pale—is a sympathetic response to stress, which triggers release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones cause cutaneous vasoconstriction and secretion of cold... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Pictures
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Night Sweats
(The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
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... Mark Bajorek
Night sweats are drenching sweats that require a change of bedding (1).
Approach. The first priority is to exclude night sweats caused by fever. Sweating associated with fever is a... History. ... Physical examination. ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment
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Differential Overview
Diaphoresis
❑ Fever
❑ Hot flashes ... Diagnostic Approach ... Clinical Findings
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Anhidrosis
(Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
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... Anhidrosis is an abnormal deficiency of sweating and can be classified as generalized (complete) or localized (partial). Generalized anhidrosis can lead to life-threatening impairment... Assessment ... History ... Physical examination ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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Skin, clammy
(Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
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... Clammy skin — moist, cool, and commonly pale — is a sympathetic response to stress, which triggers release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones cause cutaneous... Assessment ... History ... Physical examination ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Medical causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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... Anhidrosis, an abnormal deficiency of sweat, can be classified as generalized (complete) or localized (partial). Generalized anhidrosis can lead to life-threatening impairment of thermoregulation. Localized anhidrosis rarely... Emergency Actions ... History ... Physical assessment ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Patient counseling ... Pictures
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... Diaphoresis is profuse sweating — at times, amounting to more than 1 L of sweat per hour. This sign represents an autonomic nervous system response to physical or psychogenic stress or to fever or high environmental temperature.... History ... Physical assessment ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Patient counseling ... Pictures
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... Clammy skin — moist, cool, and usually pale — is a sympathetic response to stress, which triggers release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones cause cutaneous... History ... Physical assessment ... Medical causes ... Special considerations ... Pediatric pointers ... Geriatric pointers ... Patient counseling ... Pictures
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Sweating
(The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
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...The clinical dilemma with excessive sweatingis to determine whether it is due to a physiologic or pathologiccause. Principal Causes of Sweating Physiologiccauses Highenvironmental temperature Exercise ... Clinical Features and Diagnosis ... Diagnostic Approach ... References
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... Anhidrosis, an abnormal deficiency of sweat, can be classified as generalized (complete) or localized (partial). Generalized anhidrosis can lead to life-threatening... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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... Diaphoresis is profuse sweating—at times, amounting to more than 1 L of sweat per hour. This sign represents an autonomic nervous system response to physical or psychogenic stress or to a fever or high... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Other causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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... Clammy skin—moist, cool, and usually pale—is a sympathetic response to stress, which triggers release of the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. These hormones cause cutaneous vasoconstriction and... History and physical examination ... Medical causes ... Nursing considerations ... Patient teaching ... Pictures
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If an electrolyte profile shows an elevated sodium level, the
physiology model of intake, regulation, and excretion may be applied to
develop a list of possibilities. However, the focus should be on water ... Pictures
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It is uncommon for patients to present with the chief complaint of
excessive sweating (diaphoresis, hyperhidrosis); when they do, it is often
hyperhidrosis of the hands and feet due to caffeine or... Pictures
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