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Heat exhaustion

, 2018
Heat exhaustion is part of a spectrum of heat-related illnesses that can affect all individuals, although children, older adults, and those with chronic disease are particularly vulnerable due to their impaired ability to dissipate heat. If left uninterrupted, there can be progression of symptoms to heatstroke, a life-threatening emergency.
Glen P, Kenny, Thad E, Wilson, Andreas D, Flouris, Naoto, Fujii   +3 more
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Flow patterns and heat transfer for flow boiling in small to micro diameter tubes [PDF]

, 2008
An overview of the recent developments in the study of flow patterns and boiling heat transfer in small to micro diameter tubes is presented. The latest results of a long-term study of flow boiling of R134a in five vertical stainless steel tubes of ...
Karayiannis, TG, Shiferaw, D, Kenning, DBR, Wadekar, VV   +3 more
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Brugada Syndrome Unmasked by Heat Exhaustion. [PDF]

Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol, 2017
Brugada syndrome (BrS) as an established channelopathy can be unmasked by various triggers like drugs, fever, etc. Herein, we presented a female patient in whom type 1 Brugada pattern on admission electrocardiography might be unmasked by heat exhaustion.
Canpolat U, Bayazit Y, Aytemir K.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Heat-Related Illnesses Transported by United States Emergency Medical Services

Medicina, 2020
Background and objectives: Heat-related illness (HRI) can have significant morbidity and mortality consequences. Research has predominately focused on HRI in the emergency department, yet health care leading up to hospital arrival can impact patient ...
Susan Yeargin, Rebecca Hirschhorn, Andrew Grundstein   +2 more
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Climate Change Adaptation: Prehospital Data Facilitate the Detection of Acute Heat Illness in India

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Extreme heat is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, and the incidence of acute heat illness (AHI) will likely increase secondary to anthropogenic climate change.
Nikhil Ranadive, Jayraj Desai, LM Sathish, Kim Knowlton, Priya Dutta, Parthasarathi Ganguly, Abhiyant Tiwari, Anjali Jaiswal, Tejas Shah, Bhavin Solanki, Dileep Mavalankar, Jeremy J. Hess   +11 more
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HEAT EXHAUSTION [PDF]

Southern Medical Journal, 1911
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Excess mortality attributed to heat and cold: a health impact assessment study in 854 cities in Europe [PDF]

, 2023
Data sharing: The exposure-response functions derived in this analysis, full results, and intermediary data are publicly available in a Zenodo repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7672108).
Åström, C, Masselot, P, das Neves Pereira da Silva, S, Analitis, A, Tobias, A, Aunan, K, Breitner, S, Zeka, A, Garcia-Leon, D, Ragettli, MS, Vicedo-Cabrera, AM, Orru, H, Forsberg, B, Íñiguez, C, Vanoli, J, Katsouyanni, K, Surname, FN, Rao, S, Iungman, T, Armstrong, B, Samoli, E, Schneider, R, Stafoggia, M, Gasparrini, A, de'Donato, F, Schneider, A, Achilleos, S, Zafeiratou, S, Holobaca, IH, Monteiro, A, Ameling, C, Michelozzi, P, Vazquez Fernandez, L, Jaakkola, JJK, Pascal, M, Urban, A, Indermitte, E, Kyselý, J, Zhang, S, Ciscar, J-C, Rai, M, Huber, V, Houthuijs, D, Nieuwenhuijsen, M, Ryti, N, Feyen, L, Mistry, M, Goodman, P, Madureira, J, de’Donato, Francesca, Vanoli, Jacopo, Silva, Susana, Madureira, Joana, Stafoggia, Massimo, Armstrong, Ben, Forsberg, Bertil, Mistry, Malcolm, Tobias, Aurelio, Aunan, Kristin, Michelozzi, Paola, Schneider, Rochelle, Urban, Aleš, Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria, Jaakkola, Jouni J.K., Analitis, Antonis, Pascal, Mathilde, Samoli, Evangelia, Holobaca, Iulian-Horia, Rai, Masna, Houthuijs, Danny, Ciscar, Juan-Carlos, Åström, Christofer, Masselot, Pierre, Rao, Shilpa, Huber, Veronika, Zafeiratou, Sofia, Garcia-Leon, David, Orru, Hans, Achilleos, Souzana, Gasparrini, Antonio, Kyselý, Jan, Ryti, Niilo, Katsouyanni, Klea, Breitner, Susanne, Schneider, Alexandra, Feyen, Luc, Surname, First name, Monteiro, Ana, Ragettli, Martina S., Zhang, Siqi, Indermitte, Ene, Vazquez Fernandez, Liliana, Iungman, Tamara, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, Ameling, Caroline, Zeka, Ariana, Íñiguez, Carmen, Goodman, Patrick   +97 more
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Heat stress in young adults

South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 1983
The physiology of heat regulation is briefly discussed. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are described and finally heat stroke as a medical emergency is dealt with.
R. van Zyl Smit
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Risk factors for chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes: a systematic review

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
Objectives. To evaluate the potential associations between chronic kidney disease of uncertain or nontraditional etiology (CKDnT) and agrochemicals, heat stress, heavy metals, and other factors identified in the literature in any region of the world and ...
Evelina Chapman, Michelle M. Haby, Eduardo Illanes, Julian Sanchez-Viamonte, Vanessa Elias, Ludovic Reveiz   +5 more
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Emergency Response of Indian Hajj Medical Mission to Heat Illness Among Indian Pilgrims in Tent-Clinics at Mina and Arafat During Hajj, 2016 [PDF]

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2017
Introduction: Extreme heat claims more lives than all other weather-related exposures combined. Hajj rituals at Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah involve a minimally-clothed, moving assemblage of 3.5 million pilgrims who are exposed to a harsh, hot, desert ...
Inam Danish Khan, Syed Bahavuddin Hussaini, Shazia Khan, Faiz MH Ahmad, Faisal Ahmad Faisal, Muhammad Arif Salim, Razzakur Rehman, Syed Asif Hashmi, Bushra Asima, Muhammad Shaikhoo Mustafa   +9 more
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