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===Life Threatening Causes=== | ===Life Threatening Causes=== | ||
"Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours." | "Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours." | ||
*[[Cerebrovascular accident]] | |||
*[[Diabetic neuropathy]] | |||
*[[End-stage renal disease]] | |||
*[[Obesity hypoventilation syndrome]] | |||
*[[Opioids]] Overdose | |||
*[[Post-polio syndrome]] | |||
*[[Postoperative complication]] | |||
*[[Spinal cord injury]] | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*[[Common cold]] | |||
*[[Diabetic neuropathy]] | |||
*[[Enlarged adenoids]] | |||
*[[Palatine tonsil#Tonsillar hypertrophy|Enlarged tonsils]] | |||
*[[Hypothyroidism]] | |||
*[[Obesity]] | |||
*[[Opioids]] overdose | |||
*[[Postoperative complication]] | |||
*[[Sinusitis]] | |||
*[[Tonsilitis]] | |||
===Causes by Organ Systems=== | ===Causes by Organ Systems=== | ||
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| '''Nutritional/Metabolic''' | | '''Nutritional/Metabolic''' | ||
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[[Hurler syndrome]], | [[Hurler syndrome]], | ||
[[metabolic syndrome]], | [[metabolic syndrome]], | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];
Overview
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
"Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours."
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Diabetic neuropathy
- End-stage renal disease
- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
- Opioids Overdose
- Post-polio syndrome
- Postoperative complication
- Spinal cord injury
Common Causes
- Common cold
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Enlarged adenoids
- Enlarged tonsils
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity
- Opioids overdose
- Postoperative complication
- Sinusitis
- Tonsilitis
Causes by Organ Systems
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat |
Enlarged adenoids, Enlarged tonsils, malformations of the nose, malformations of the throat |
| Endocrine | |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Gastroesophageal reflux |
| Genetic |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Marfan syndrome, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, Potocki-Lupski syndrome, WAGR syndrome |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | Postoperative complication |
| Infectious Disease |
Common cold, meningoencephalitis, post-polio syndrome, sinusitis, tonsilitis |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | |
| Neurologic |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebrovascular accident, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, diabetic neuropathy, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Joubert syndrome, multiple system atrophy, post-polio syndrome, spinal cord injury |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic |
Glaucoma-sleep apnea syndrome |
| Overdose/Toxicity | |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary |
Glaucoma-sleep apnea syndrome, obesity hypoventilation syndrome |
| Renal/Electrolyte | End-stage renal disease |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |