Prediction of heat-illness symptoms with the prediction of human vascular response in hot environment under resting condition

J Med Syst. 2008 Apr;32(2):167-76. doi: 10.1007/s10916-007-9119-3.

Abstract

The thermoregulatory control of human skin blood flow is vital to maintain the body heat storage during challenges of thermal homeostasis under heat stress. Whenever thermal homeostasis disturbed, the heat load exceeds heat dissipation capacity, which alters the cutaneous vascular responses along with other body physiological variables. Whole body skin blood flow has been calculated from the forearm blood flow. Present model has been designed using electronics circuit simulator (Multisim 8.0, National Instruments, USA), is to execute a series of predictive equations for early prediction of physiological parameters of young nude subjects during resting condition at various level of dry heat stress under almost still air to avoid causalities associated with hot environmental. The users can execute the model by changing the environmental temperature in degrees C and exposure time in minutes. The model would be able to predict and detect the changes in human vascular responses along with other physiological parameters and from this predicted values heat related-illness symptoms can be inferred.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessels / radiation effects*
  • Body Temperature Regulation / physiology
  • Heat Stroke*
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Humans
  • Predictive Value of Tests*
  • Rest / physiology*
  • Skin / blood supply