TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Heat and Cold Illness
A1  - Fox, Sean M.
A2  - Schafermeyer, Robert
A2  - Tenenbein, Milton
A2  - Macias, Charles G.
A2  - Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2  - Yamamoto, Loren G.
PY  - 2014
T2  - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
AB  - While  there  are  physiologic  differences  that  exist  between  children  and  adults,  the  primary  risk  factor  for  heat  illness  in  children  is  inadequate  or  inappropriate  supervision.Heat-related  illnesses  comprise  a  continuum  of  conditions  ranging  from  minor  entities  such  as  heat  cramps  to  more  serious  conditions  including  heat  exhaustion  and  heatstroke.Heatstroke  is  the  most  severe  form  of  heat  illness,  with  reported  mortality  between  17%  and  80%.Heat  exhaustion  is  a  syndrome  of  dizziness,  postural  hypotension,  nausea,  vomiting,  headache,  weakness,  and,  occasionally,  syncope.Special  glass  or  electronic  thermometers  are  required  for  accurate  measurement  of  temperatures  in  hypothermic  patients.Extracorporeal  rewarming  is  the  most  rapid  method  of  rewarming  and  is  indicated  in  hypothermic  cardiac  arrest  and  with  patients  who  present  with  completely  frozen  extremities.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105687747
ER  -