Citation

Atha WF. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2013; 31(4): 1097-1108.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044, USA. Electronic address: watha@jhmi.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.emc.2013.07.012

PMID

24176481

Abstract

Environmental exposure to high temperatures can result in abnormalities ranging from mild heat exhaustion to heat stroke with multiorgan system failure. An understanding of the mechanisms of thermoregulation and how those mechanisms fail with extreme heat stress is critical for management of the patient with elevated body temperature in the emergency department.

Language: en