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The value of the exertional heat stroke score for the prognosis of patients with exertional heat stroke - Li P, Yang L, Liu R, Chen RL.
This study aims to evaluate the exertional heat stroke score (EHSS) system for the prognosis of exertional heat stroke (EHS) patients. METHODS: Forty-two EHS patients who had been treated in our hospital between January 2017 and December...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Patient-related factors associated with severe heat-related illnesses in Karachi: a hospital perspective - Kanwal S, Sajid S, Nasir N, Ahsan S, Almas A.
In 2015, Karachi saw its first ever epidemic of severe heatrelated illnesses that resulted in an extraordinary number of hospital admissions, especially in the intensive care, for fatal heat stroke within-hospital mortality of 3.7%.We conducted this study ...
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of exertional heat stroke among paratroopers in Agra, India - Deshwal R, Tiwari D, Singh R.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical profile, biochemical parameters and outcome in a series of 78 patients of heat stroke admitted and treated in a military hospital in India. METHODS: This was a prospective study in a m...
Source: SafetyLit - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Bowel ischemia from heat stroke: a rare presentation of an uncommon complication - Masood U, Sharma A, Syed W, Manocha D.
A healthy 27-year-old female presented to the hospital after she collapsed an hour into her first marathon run on a hot humid day. On presentation, she was hyperthermic, encephalopathic, tachycardic, and hypotensive. On admission, she was found to have lac...
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Emergency department visits for heat stroke in the United States, 2009 and 2010 - Wu X, Brady JE, Rosenberg H, Li G.
Background: The effect of extreme heat on health has become a growing public health concern due to climate change. We aimed to examine the epidemiological patterns of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for heat stroke in the United States. ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Analysis of risk factors affecting prognosis of exertional heat stroke - Zhao JJ, Zhou JJ, Hu J, Zhou FH, Kang HJ, Liu H, Pan L, Song Q.
OBJECTIVE: To determine prognostic risk factors of exertional heat stroke (EHS). METHODS: Sixty-nine patients who met the case definition of EHS at ten military hospitals from June 2002 to August 2012 were enrolled in this retrospective study. The clinical...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news