Question 199 · LEK · Hyperthermia
The methods for monitoring the patient’s condition at the site of the incident and during transport to hospital can be classified as instrumental and non-instrumental. Among the instrumental methods, body temperature measurement is essential. Indicate a false statement:
- A. after cardiac arrest and CNS trauma, the risk of neurological complications increases with each degree of body temperature higher than 37.6 °C.
- B. hyperthermia refers to body temperature increase over 40 °C, without a change in the body’s temperature set point.
- C. hyperpyrexia refers to body temperature increase over 41.1 °C.
- D. fever is an increase in body temperature over 36.6 °C.
- E. hypothermia is the core body temperature below 35 °C.
Hint
Check each definition against standard temperature thresholds; one cut-off lies within the normal range.
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