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Heatstroke > Diagnosis Author: Dani Moran, PhD; Moshe Rav-Acha, MD; Liran Mendel, BMedSc
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Rationale:

  • Exertional heatstroke is a common cause for collapse in healthy young men during physical activity; however, cardiovascular and neurologic etiologies should always be included in the differential diagnosis.
  • Classic heatstroke occurs mostly in unhealthy individuals.

Evidence:

  • A review article focusing on the Israeli military found that central nervous dysfunction seen in patients with heatstroke is nonspecific (9).

Comments:

  • None.

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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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