Classic and exertional heatstroke

A Bouchama, B Abuyassin, C Lehe, O Laitano… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past two decades, record-breaking heatwaves have caused an increasing number of
heat-related deaths, including heatstroke, globally. Heatstroke is a heat illness characterized …

Heat stroke: a comprehensive review

TP Yeo - AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2004 - AACN
Heat stroke (HS) is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition defined as a core
body temperature> 40.6° C. Two forms of HS are recognized, classic heat stroke, usually …

Heatstroke

Y Epstein, R Yanovich - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Heatstroke Exertional heatstroke, brought on by strenuous activity, is usually seen in young,
active people; classic heatstroke, associated with heat waves, is more common in the elderly …

Heat strokes: aetiopathogenesis, neurological characteristics, treatment and outcome

B Yaqub, S Al Deeb - Journal of the neurological sciences, 1998 - Elsevier
Heat stroke is a thermal insult to the cerebral thermoregulatory system controlling heat
production and heat dissipation. The thermal insult may be environmental as inclassic heat …

Heat stroke: role of the systemic inflammatory response

LR Leon, BG Helwig - Journal of applied physiology, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Heat stroke is a life-threatening illness that is characterized clinically by central nervous
system dysfunction, including delirium, seizures, or coma and severe hyperthermia. Rapid …

Heat stroke

LR Leon, A Bouchama - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Heat stroke is a life‐threatening condition clinically diagnosed as a severe elevation in body
temperature with central nervous system dysfunction that often includes combativeness …

[HTML][HTML] Exertional heat stroke: pathophysiology and risk factors

CK Garcia, LI Renteria, G Leite-Santos, LR Leon… - BMJ …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Exertional heat stroke, the third leading cause of mortality in athletes during physical activity,
is the most severe manifestation of exertional heat illnesses. Exertional heat stroke is …

[HTML][HTML] The cardiovascular system in heat stroke

M Marchand, K Gin - CJC open, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In June 2021, western Canada experienced an unprecedented heat wave,
breaking dozens of temperature records. As a result, the region had a significant uptick in …

Fatal exertional heat stroke: a case series

M Rav-Acha, E Hadad, Y Heled, DS Moran… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Background Exertional heat stroke (EHS) is one of the most serious conditions that occur
when excess heat, generated by muscular exercise, exceeds the body's heat-dissipation …

Heat stroke

T Hifumi, Y Kondo, K Shimizu, Y Miyake - Journal of intensive care, 2018 - Springer
Background Heat stroke is a life-threatening injury requiring neurocritical care; however,
heat stroke has not been completely examined due to several possible reasons, such as no …