This article reviews briefly the historical origins for both the cardiovascular and neural-
anhidrotic concepts of heatstroke pathophysiology. It describes how deemphasis of the role …

Exertional heatstroke usually occurs among healthy, fit individuals who are motivated to
perform strenuous exercise because of peer pressure, discipline, or athletic competition. In …

This symposium focuses on exertional heatstroke, with emphasis on predisposing factors,
clinical observations, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The serious challenge to …

The fate of the cow in FIGURE 1 helps emphasize that heat stress might not only lead to
obvious illness or be fatal, but can have quite subtle effects; whereas the bovine character …

As noted by Dr Noakes (page 39), heatstroke develops when the rate of heat production by
the body exceeds the rate of heat loss and total body temperature rises to a level that leads …

Opinion is divided on issues concerning a cardiovascular origin of heatstroke
pathophysiology as well as those concerning the mechanism of circulatory failure in heat …

This article proposes a novel framework classification for the heat illnesses. It argues that
heat stroke is the only described condition that is truly a “heat illness” since it is the only …

A remarkable feature of the human species is our great capacity to lose heat and to regulate
our body temperatures when exposed to heat. The Heinrich (Hunting) hypothesis theorises …

H eat stroke was originally described more than 2,500 years ago.'Although the clinical entity
of heat stroke has been recognized for many years, the mortality remains significant-varying …

De-emphasis of the role of anhydrosis as the primary cause of heatstroke has resulted in
increased usage and acceptance of animal models for heatstroke research. When the total …