TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonexertional Heatstroke
T2 - Physiologic Management and Cooling in 14 Patients
AU - Graham, Barney S.
AU - Lichtenstein, Michael J.
AU - Hinson, James M.
AU - Theil, George B.
PY - 1986/1
Y1 - 1986/1
N2 - Fourteen patients with nonexertional heatstroke were evaluated in a general hospital during the summer of 1980. They were managed according to a prospectively devised protocol designed to effect heat dissipation primarily via convection and evaporation rather than by conduction. The time from entry into the emergency room to the first recorded rectal temperature of less than 103 °F (39.4 °C) ranged from 34 to 89 minutes (median, 60 minutes). Only one patient died; none had residual neurologic deficits. The use of these methods can result in a low incidence of permanent neurologic impairment and a low fatality rate.
AB - Fourteen patients with nonexertional heatstroke were evaluated in a general hospital during the summer of 1980. They were managed according to a prospectively devised protocol designed to effect heat dissipation primarily via convection and evaporation rather than by conduction. The time from entry into the emergency room to the first recorded rectal temperature of less than 103 °F (39.4 °C) ranged from 34 to 89 minutes (median, 60 minutes). Only one patient died; none had residual neurologic deficits. The use of these methods can result in a low incidence of permanent neurologic impairment and a low fatality rate.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360130109015
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360130109015
M3 - Article
C2 - 3942468
AN - SCOPUS:0022571740
VL - 146
SP - 87
EP - 90
JO - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
JF - Archives of internal medicine (Chicago, Ill. : 1908)
SN - 2168-6106
IS - 1
ER -