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Wounds and Injuries > Heat Stress Disorders > Heat Stroke

Preferred term

Heat Stroke  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Heatstroke
  • Heatstrokes

Note

  • SUNSTROKE is also available

Scope note

  • A condition caused by the failure of body to dissipate heat in an excessively hot environment or during PHYSICAL EXERTION in a hot environment. Contrast to HEAT EXHAUSTION, the body temperature in heat stroke patient is dangerously high with red, hot skin accompanied by DELUSIONS; CONVULSIONS; or COMA. It can be a life-threatening emergency and is most common in infants and the elderly.

History note

  • 1996; for HYPERTHERMIA use FEVERS 1984-2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018883

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