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It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Rare Case of Heat Stroke in a Young Male

Heat stroke is a severe acute illness characterized by a core temperature greater than 40°C (104°F) and central nervous system manifestations, such as delirium, convulsions, or coma, resulting from exposure to environmental heat or strenuous physical activity. Early recognition and treatment includi...

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Autores principales: Ramirez, Oriana, Malyshev, Yury, Sahni, Sonu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6373888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30788206
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3724
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description Heat stroke is a severe acute illness characterized by a core temperature greater than 40°C (104°F) and central nervous system manifestations, such as delirium, convulsions, or coma, resulting from exposure to environmental heat or strenuous physical activity. Early recognition and treatment including aggressive cooling and management of life-threatening systemic complications, such as cardiac arrest, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, are essential to reduce morbidity and mortality. Herein we describe a case of heat stroke in a 23-year-old male who suffered cardiac arrest in which prompt initiation of cooling measures prevented permanent neurological sequelae, provided swift neurological recovery and resolution of impending multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-63738882019-02-20 It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Rare Case of Heat Stroke in a Young Male Ramirez, Oriana Malyshev, Yury Sahni, Sonu Cureus Internal Medicine Heat stroke is a severe acute illness characterized by a core temperature greater than 40°C (104°F) and central nervous system manifestations, such as delirium, convulsions, or coma, resulting from exposure to environmental heat or strenuous physical activity. Early recognition and treatment including aggressive cooling and management of life-threatening systemic complications, such as cardiac arrest, rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure, are essential to reduce morbidity and mortality. Herein we describe a case of heat stroke in a 23-year-old male who suffered cardiac arrest in which prompt initiation of cooling measures prevented permanent neurological sequelae, provided swift neurological recovery and resolution of impending multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Cureus 2018-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6373888/ /pubmed/30788206 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3724 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ramirez et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Rare Case of Heat Stroke in a Young Male
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6373888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30788206
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3724
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