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Cardiovascular Asystole, Atrioventricular Block, Cardiac arrest, Hypotension, Pulseless electrical activity, Pulseless ventricular tachycardia, Severe coronary thrombosis, Vascular insufficiency, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia
Chemical/Poisoning Alcohol Toxicity, Antifreeze protein, Cannabinoids, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Drug overdose
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic Burns, Erythroderma, Exfoliative dermatitis, Psoriasis, Skin disorders
Drug Side Effect Acetaminophen and Oxycodone, Antidepressants, Antimanic agents, Antipsychotics, Anxiolytics, Beta blockers, Chlordiazepoxide, Chlorpromazine, Cidofovir, clobazam, Clorazepate,Diazepam, Flurazepam, General anesthesia, Gray baby syndrome, Levomepromazine, Nitrazepam, opioids, Pergolide, Phenobarbital, Oral antihyperglycemics, Melatonin
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Congenital hyperinsulinism, Diabetes mellitus, Hypoadrenalism, Hypoglycemia, Hypopituitarism, Hypothyroidism, Myxedema coma, Myxedema
Environmental Cold exposure, Drowning, Environmental exposure, Immersion in cold water, Swimming, Therapeutic Hypothermia
Gastroenterologic Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Pancreatitis , Severe hepatic cirrhosis
Genetic DOPA decarboxylase deficiency, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate Toxicity
Hematologic Blood transfusion and complications, Hemorrhagic Diathesis
Iatrogenic Cardiopulmonary bypass, Cold infusion, Induced hypothermia, Induced vasodilation, Major operation, Spinal analgesia
Infectious Disease Community-acquired pneumonia, Overwhelming infection, Sepsis, Shock
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic Anoxic brain injury, Apnea, Brain death, Cerebral edema, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral trauma, Cerebrovascular accident, Cerebrovascular injury, Coma, Hypothalamic dysfunction, Multiple sclerosis, Neuromuscular inefficiency, Neuropathies, Parkinsonism, Spinal cord lesion, Spinal-cord transection, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Nutritional/Metabolic Anorexia nervosa, kwashiorkor, Malnutrition, Starvation
Obstetric/Gynecologic Emergent deliveries, Premature labour and/or delivery, Anorexia nervosa
Oncologic Carcinomatosis, Terminal malignant disease
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity Barbiturate Toxicity, Benzodiazepine Toxicity, Ethylene Glycol Toxicity, Narcotics Toxicity, Organophosphate poisoning, Sedative-Hypnotics Toxicity, Toxins
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary Pulmonary embolism, Pulmonary thrombectomy
Renal/Electrolyte Continuous renal replacement therapy, Uremia
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Arginosuccinic aciduria, Decreased heat production, Euthyroid sick syndrome, Exercise, Extremes of age, Immobility, Impaired shivering, Inactivity, Insufficient fuel, Lactic Acidosis, Paradoxical undressing, Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn, Wernicke's encephalopathy

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