The clinical case of a patient admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary university hospital with a diagnosis of heat stroke is presen- ted. Meets the definitions of this pathology with hyperthermia (41°), altered level of consciousness with ambient temperatura of more than 40°. For its m...
Introducción: El golpe de calor es una enfermedad que fue descrita hace más de 2000 años, sin embargo, los cambios climáticos que se han presentado en las últimas décadas han permitido que su prevalencia esté en aumento. Se considera una entidad compleja en la cual existe un compromiso importante ...
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the protective effect of L-carnitine on myocardial injury in rats with heatstroke. Methods: orty-eight rats were randomly divided into control, heatstroke and 25, 50 and 100 mg/kg L-carnitine groups. The last three groups were treated with 25, 50 and 100 mg/kg L-carniti...
Objective To describe the case of a patient with schizophrenia on clozapine treatment who had an episode of heat stroke. Case description During a heat wave in January and February 2014, a patient with schizophrenia who was on treatment with clozapine was initially referred for differential diagnose bet...
El golpe de calor es una situación en la que una persona sometida a altas
temperaturas ambientales experimenta un fracaso, potencialmente letal,
del sistema de termorregulación corporal. Se trata de una patología infradiagnosticada, de baja prevalencia, pero con elevada morbimortalidad, cuya
incidenci...
