Chapter-29 Heat-related Illness and Heat Stroke
BOOK TITLE: Recent Advances in Pediatrics (Volume 17): Hot Topics
Author
1. Gunu Subodh
ISBN
9788184481037
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10715_29
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
20
Author Affiliations
1.
Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Chapter keywords
heat-related illness,
heat stroke,
neurological sequel,
critical factors,
heat exhaustion,
personality changes,
convulsions,
blood gases,
cooling methods,
abnormalities,
hyperthermia,
pin-point pupils,
sensorium,
respiratory alkalosis,
Q-T interval,
genetic polymorphisms,
mesenteric circulation