ALLMedicine™ Heatstroke Center

Jul 30th, 2021 - This study aims to develop and validate prediction models for the number of all heatstroke cases, and heatstrokes of hospital admission and death cases per city per 12 h, using multiple weather information and a population-based database for heats...

Jun 24th, 2021 - Heatstrokes are a serious threat to human health, particularly the cardiovascular system. Understanding the clinical features and risk factors related to death in patients with myocardial injury (MI) complicated by heat stroke is crucial. This stu...

Jun 22nd, 2021 - Climate change, as a defining issue of the current time, is causing severe heat-related illness in the context of extremely hot weather conditions. In Japan, the remarkable temperature increase in summer caused by an urban heat island and climate ...

Apr 16th, 2021 - Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events, which disproportionately impact the health of vulnerable populations. Heatstroke, the most serious heat-related illness, is a medical emergency that cause...

Apr 14th, 2021 - The spectrum of historical features and clinical presentations of heat illness and heatstroke in the pediatric population has received limited focus in the emergency medicine literature. The majority of published cases involve children trapped in ...

Jul 16th, 2021 - Hundreds of Americans have died of heat-related illnesses in the latest country-wide heat wave, and this week's forecast also brings temperatures back into the triple digits for millions. At thermometers rise to historic levels, many are at risk, ...

Jun 14th, 2021 - The patient, a methamphetamine user, is found in a parking lot, rolling on the ground, completely disoriented. Transported to the ER, he is febrile to 102, hypotensive, and in mild MOSF. His WBC is 42,000 Death as a consequence of methamphetamine ...

Jun 10th, 2021 - TOKYO (Reuters) - Emergency medicine experts warn first responders at the Tokyo Olympics could easily confuse heatstroke and coronavirus patients because the illnesses bear similar symptoms. While Games organisers have moved the marathon and race-...

Nov 27th, 2019 - At her pediatric practice in Reno, Nevada, Debra Hendrickson, MD, sees the effects of climate change first-hand: a little girl wheezing from wildfire smoke inhalation; a young boy suffering heatstroke on yet another record-high temperature day; a ...

Oct 5th, 2018 - The underlying etiology of the patient's problems was heatstroke. This condition is defined as the combination of hyperthermia (core temperature >105°F [40.6°C]) and neurologic impairment.[1] Two types of heatstroke are recognized: classic nonexer...