TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Heat stroke in hospital patients during the summer 2003 heat wave: a nosocomial disease
JO  - Presse Medicale (1983)
A1  - Ferron, Claire
A1  - Trewick, David
A1  - Le Conte, Philippe
A1  - Batard, Eacute Ric
A1  - Girard, Laëtitia
A1  - Potel, Gilles
SP  - 196
EP  - 199
VL  - 35
IS  - 2 Pt 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: We investigated patients who died in our institution during the August 2003 heat wave, to determine whether some in hospital patients actually died of heat stroke. METHODS: Records of all patients who died in our tertiary care hospital between 6-15 August 2003 were analyzed retrospectively. Heat stroke was considered the cause of death when the following criteria were met: body temperature higher than 40.5 degrees C, except if there was documented evidence of cooling before the first temperature measurement, central nervous system abnormalities, and a reliable history of exposure to high temperatures in a hospital ward. The number of patients who died in the hospital during the heat wave was compared with data from the previous year. RESULTS: Seventeen patients died from hospital-acquired heat stroke (19% of all hospital deaths). This condition accounted for a 25% increase in hospital mortality over the same period during 2002. COMMENT: Hospital-acquired heat stroke appears to be a nosocomial disease that was responsible for an overall increase in hospital mortality during the 2003 heat wave.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0755-4982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -