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drug-induced hyperthermia
Etiology:
1) monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO)
2) tricyclic antidepressants (TCA)
3) amphetamines
4) cocaine
5) phencyclidine
6) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
7) diuretics
8) alcohol
9) anticholinergic agents
10) barbiturates (sweat gland necrosis)
11) alcohol
Specific
neuroleptic malignant syndrome
General
hyperthermia (pyrexia)
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 88
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998