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Poikilothermia refers to the inability to regulate core body temperature. Clinically, poikilothermia can be manifested by hypothermia (core temperature less than 35°C/95°F) or hyperthermia (core temperature > 37.8°C /100°F).
Poikilothermia, the inability to maintain a constant core temperature independent of ambient temperature, markedly influences both the mental and physical function of affected patients; furthermore, prolonged hypothermia can induce numerous complications.
1. an animal that exhibits poikilothermy; a cold-blooded animal. 2. ectotherm. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Poikilothermia is the ability to regulate one's core body temperature; generally, the affected limb or area of the body should be the same temperature as the rest of the body. If the affected area is significantly cooler, this might be a sign of compromised blood flow.
Poikilothermia is defined as a pathophysiological syndrome in which the intrinsic thermoregulatory mechanism of the body fails to regulate constant core temperature. Usually, the fundamental thermoregulatory mechanism is being controlled by the hypothalamus.
The 6 Ps of limb ischemia is a mnemonic device to help identify symptoms, which include, pain, pulselessness, pallor, poikilothermia, paresthesias, and paralysis.
Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
The meaning of POIKILOTHERMIC is of, relating to, or being a poikilotherm : cold-blooded.
Poikilothermia syndrome is a rare cause of intrinsic thermoregulatory failure. Patients with this syndrome regulate body temperature poorly, if at all. Recently, a patient was referred to us who had clinical evidence of poikilothermia syndrome, as well as long-standing multiple sclerosis.
poikilothermy. [poi″kĭ-lo-ther´me] the state of having a body temperature that varies with that of the environment. 1. the ability of organisms to adapt themselves to variations in the temperature of the environment. 2. ectothermy.