Exertional Heat Stroke: Strategies for Prevention and Treatment From the Sports Field to the Emergency Department

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 267-278

  Pryor, Riana R ^a   Casa, Douglas J ^b,c   Holschen, Jolie C ^d   O'Connor, Francis G ^a   Vandermark, Lesley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Infinity Healthcare Advocate Condell Medical Center   (United States)

^c St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Exertional heat illness; Heat exhaustion; Heat stroke; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DANTROLENE; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERTIONAL HEAT STROKE; FOOTBALL; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT CRAMP; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STROKE; HEAT SYNCOPE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETURN TO PLAY; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SPORT; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; THERMOREGULATION; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 84890032421     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: 15582310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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