Heat Stroke [úpal]
topical
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- Terms
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siriasis
siriáza
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Heatstroke
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D018883
Definition
A condition caused by the failure of body to dissipate heat in an excessively hot environment or during PHYSICAL EXERTION in a hot environment. Contrast to HEAT EXHAUSTION, the body temperature in heat stroke patient is dangerously high with red, hot skin accompanied by DELUSIONS; CONVULSIONS; or COMA. It can be a life-threatening emergency and is most common in infants and the elderly.
- Annotation
- SUNSTROKE is also available
- DUI
- D018883 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0028239
- Previous indexing
- Heat Exhaustion (1966-1995)
- History note
- 1996; for HYPERTHERMIA use FEVERS 1984-2020
- Public note
- 1996; for HYPERTHERMIA see FEVERS 1984-2020
Allowable subheadings
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CI
- chemically induced 1
- CL
- classification
- CO
- complications 2
- CN
- congenital
- DI
- diagnosis 5
- DG
- diagnostic imaging
- DH
- diet therapy
- DT
- drug therapy 4
- EC
- economics 1
- EM
- embryology
- EN
- enzymology
- EP
- epidemiology
- EH
- ethnology
- ET
- etiology 16
- GE
- genetics
- HI
- history
- IM
- immunology
- ME
- metabolism
- MI
- microbiology
- MO
- mortality
- NU
- nursing 2
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 3
- PP
- physiopathology 2
- PC
- prevention & control 7
- PX
- psychology
- RT
- radiotherapy
- RH
- rehabilitation
- SU
- surgery
- TH
- therapy 17
- UR
- urine
- VE
- veterinary
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records
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Diseases