Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
    Postgrad Med. 1992 Mar;91(4):379-88.

    Heatstroke. Underlying processes and lifesaving management.

    Source

    Division of emergency medicine, New York University School of Medicine.

    Abstract

    Heatstroke occurs during intense physical exertion or environmental exposure to heat without exertion. The ability to eliminate heat is limited by volume depletion, cardiac and vascular insufficiency, and skin disorders or protective coverings that prevent sweating and evaporative heat loss. Also, many drugs predispose patients to heatstroke by impairing normal thermoregulatory function. Critical management strategies include (1) recognition of hyperthermia, (2) rapid cooling, and (3) supportive care and observation for heat-related complications of tissue injury (eg, hepatic failure, renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation).

    PMID:
    1546023
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

      Supplemental Content

      Save items

      loading

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk