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Abstract
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.
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4 entry terms
- Heatstroke
- Heat Strokes
- Heatstrokes
- Stroke, Heat
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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SUNSTROKE is also available
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History Note
1996; for HYPERTHERMIA use FEVERS 1984-2020
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Previous Indexing
- Heat Exhaustion (1966-1995)
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QT 150
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heat Stroke. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018883. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018883
- Heat Stroke. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_stroke
- Heat Stroke. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337554