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Heat Exhaustion

Also Known As: Heat Collapse; Heat Prostration

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Attributes

Critical careis Yes

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Biological and test markers

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Introduction / full article

Heat Exhaustion

ID 843

 

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16046331?dopt=Abstract

2. American College of Sports Medicine, Armstrong LE, Casa DJ, et al. American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Exertional heat illness during training and competition. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007 Mar;39(3):556-72.

3. Wexler RK. Evaluation and treatment of heat-related illnesses. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Jun 1;65(11):2307-14. full-text, commentary can be found in Am Fam Physician 2003 Apr 1;67(7):1439

4. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0601/p2133.html

5. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec21/ch318/ch318c.html?qt=heat%20exhaustion&alt=sh#sec21-ch318-ch318c-672a

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