Open AccessHyperthermia due to heat retention in chronic spinal cord injury: A case report
Author(s) -
Tomoda Yoshitaka,
Kagawa Satoshi,
Kurata Satoshi,
Tanaka Kazutoyo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.1002/jgf2.234
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperthermia , spinal cord , anesthesia , perforation , surgery , acetaminophen , punching , materials science , psychiatry , metallurgy
An 80‐year‐old male with past history of cervical spinal cord injury visited our hospital owing to perforation in the digestive tract. Upon admission to the general ward, he presented with a sustained fever that was unresponsive to acetaminophen and antibiotics. Based on the dry skin and underlying disease, he was diagnosed with hyperthermia due to heat retention. After controlling the room temperature to cool his body and performing evaporative and convective cooling, his symptoms completely resolved. This case highlights that primary physicians should be aware of thermoregulatory dysfunction in patients with cervical spinal cord injury.