Heatstroke Author: Dani Moran, PhD; Moshe Rav-Acha, MD; Liran Mendel, BMedSc
Editorial changes - 2010-03-15
Author information and module status
Prevention
Screening
Diagnosis
Consultation for Diagnosis
Hospitalization
Non-drug Therapy
Drug Therapy
Patient Education
Consultation for Management
Follow-up
Tables
References
Glossary
What's New
Patient Information
Additional Resources
Tools
Additional Resources
Clinical Information
Article
   Annals of Internal Medicine
 Near-fatal heat stroke during the 1995 heat wave in Chicago
   Archives of Internal Medicine
 Short- and long-term outcomes of heatstroke following the 2003 heat wave in Lyon, France
Review
   American Family Physician
 Evaluation and treatment of heat-related illnesses
Commentary
   ACP Journal Club
      Hyperthermia and hypothermia
 2009 - Review: Therapeutic hypothermia improves neurologic outcome and survival to discharge after cardiac arrest
Patient Information
Web
 American Red Cross: Heat-Related Illness
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Frequently Asked Questions
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Working in Hot Environments
 Federal Emergency Management Agency: Extreme Heat
 National Center for Farmworker Health: Heat Illness
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Frequently Asked Questions (Spanish)
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness (Spanish)
 National Center for Farmworker Health: Heat Illness (Spanish)
FAQs | Patient Information
Dani Moran, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. James Glazer, MD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Liran Mendel, BMedSc has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Moshe Rav-Acha, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD, Editor, PIER, has received grant support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd , and honoraria for continuing medical education grand rounds and lectures given.

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