Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Acromegaly – endocrinologic disorder caused by overproduction of growth hormone (somatotropic hormone (STH), somatotropin); with marked enlargement of body end limbs or protruding parts of the body (acras) such as hands, feet, mandible, chin, and eyebrow ridges.
- Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
- Hyperadrenalism – increased hormonal activity of the adrenal gland.
- Hyperpituitarism – increased hormonal activity of the pituitary gland (pituitary gland).
- Graves’ disease – autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland, which leads to hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism).
- Cystic Fibrosis (ZF) – genetic disease with autosomal recessive inheritance, characterized by the production of secretions in various organs to be tamed.
- Transient infant hyperglycemia – transient elevation of blood glucose in an infant.
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Sepsis (blood poisoning)
Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Acute pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Brain tumors, unspecified
- Paraneoplastic – occurring in the setting of cancer.
- Pheochromocytoma – usually benign (benign) tumor (about 90% of cases), which originates mainly from the adrenal gland and can lead to hypertension crises (hypertensive crisis).
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Meningitis (meningitis).
Injuries, poisonings, and other sequelae of external causes (S00-T98).
- CO poisoning
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Further
- In the context of peritoneal dialysis – blood washing procedure in which the peritoneum serves as a dialysis membrane.
- Inhalation anesthesia – form of anesthesia in which sleep is induced by gaseous drugs.
Medication
- See “Causes” under medications
