Heat stroke: Implications for critical care and anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 700-707

  Grogan, H ^a   Hopkins, P M ^b,c  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications, heat stroke; Complications, malignant hyperthermia; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; DANTROLENE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANESTHESIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRST AID; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAT STROKE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0036260795     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.5.700     Document Type: Review

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