Fatal exertional heart stroke: A case series

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-87

  Rav Acha, Moshe ^a,c   Hadad, Eran ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^a,b   Heled, Yuval ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^a  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exertional heat stroke; Fatal; Predisposing factors; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; FATALITY; HEAT STROKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESUSCITATION; SOLDIER; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; ISRAEL; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4043100562     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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