RT Book, Section
A1 Nigrovic, Lise E.
A1 Burns, Michele M.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146124070
T1 Heat Disorders
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124070
RD 2024/04/24
AB Heat  disorders  such  as  heat  exhaustion  and  heatstroke  result  from  a  failure  of  the  body’s  regulatory  mechanisms  to  maintain  a  constant  body  temperature.  Individuals  at  the  extremes  of  age  and  those  with  chronic  diseases  are  the  most  vulnerable.  Approximately  400  people  die  annually  in  the  United  States  from  heat-related  illness.1  Fever,  on  the  other  hand,  is  an  elevation  in  body  temperature  secondary  to  mediators  of  inflammation  and  involves  an  adjustment  in  the  physiologic  set  point  (see  Chapter  24).  Malignant  hyperthermia,  another  thermoregulatory  disorder,  results  from  a  triggering  exposure  in  a  genetically  susceptible  individual.