Altered thermoregulation in ambulatory schizophrenia patients: A naturalistic study

Autor:	Roni Shiloh, Natan R. Kahan, Dan-Andrei Waitman, Abraham Weizman, Rafael Stryjer
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Medical Records Systems Computerized Infections Body Temperature Young Adult Naturalistic observation Physical medicine and rehabilitation Ambulatory care Reference Values Ambulatory Care medicine Humans Young adult Psychiatry Biological Psychiatry Inflammation business.industry Oral temperature Middle Aged Thermoregulation medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Reference values Ambulatory Female business Body Temperature Regulation
Zdroj:	The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 10:163-170
ISSN:	1814-1412 1562-2975
DOI:	10.1080/15622970701413833
Popis:	Schizophrenia patients may exhibit alterations in core/body temperature. Hence, we intended to examine the potential existence of thermoregulatory abnormalities in ambulatory schizophrenia patients.Anonymous electronic patient record data of the Leumit Health Fund (Israel) were screened for all schizophrenia patients who have no other apparent chronic co-morbidity (mental or non-mental) and had their oral temperature assessed during routine follow-ups (Schiz-rFUs) or for various transitory infectious/inflammatory processes (Schiz-Infect) during the years 1999-2005 (n = 535). The comparison group consisted of a comparable sample (n = 560) of healthy subjects (Control-rFUs and Control-Infect).The sub-group of Schiz-rFUs (n = 216) exhibited significantly lower mean oral temperature compared to the matched group of Control-rFUs (n = 140) (36.72 +/- 0.54 vs. 36.94 +/- 0.64C, respectively; P0.05). There was no significant difference in mean oral temperatures between the Schiz-Infect (n = 319) and the Control-Infect (n = 420) (37.32 +/- 0.92 vs. 37.28 +/- 0.98C, respectively; NS).Ambulatory schizophrenia patients without a concomitant infectious/inflammatory process exhibit altered thermoregulation manifested by a substantial (about 0.2 C) and significantly lower oral temperature compared to healthy comparison subjects as well as a potential exaggerated increase in oral temperature during transitory infectious/inflammatory processes. The relevance of these phenomena to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia as well as the potential immune-mediated pathologies in schizophrenia merit further investigation.
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