Research of healthy exercise has garnered a keen research for the past few years. It is known that participation in a regular exercise program can help improve various aspects of cardiovascular function and reduce the risk of suffering from illness. But some exercise accidents like dehydration, exertional heatstroke, and even sudden death need to be brought to attention. If these exercise accid...

Exertional heatstroke (EHS) is a life-threatening disease characterized clinically by central nervous system dysfunction and severe hyperthermia. It frequently occurs among athletes, soldiers, and laborers. While cardiopulmonary symptoms are common in patients undergoing EHS, irreversible acute liver failure is a rarely described phenomenon. When managing cases of EHS complicated by acute liver...

An unusual case of an exertional heatstroke in a healthy 25-year-old man is presented. Initially, the patient was deeply comatose and developed severe rhabdomyolysis and massive hepatic necrosis. Subsequently, he received a liver transplant with remarkable improvement in his mental status, although the rhabdomyolysis continued. The patient died 41 days after the transplant due to a complicating...

CARTER, R. Exertional heat illness and hyponatremia: an epidemiological prospective. Curr. Sports Med. Rep., Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. S20YS27, 2008. In active populations, heat illness remains a cause of exercise-related injury and death. There is evidence that hyponatremia also occurs, but less often than heat illness. Incidence rates of these conditions are determined by the population at risk and ...

OBJECTIVE The identification of a predisposition toward malignant hyperthermia (MH) as a risk factor for exertional heat stroke (EHS) remains a matter of debate. Such a predisposition indicates a causal role for MH susceptibility (MHS) after EHS in certain national recommendations and has led to the use of an in vitro contracture test (IVCT) to identify the MHS trait in selected or unselected E...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical profile, biochemical parameters and outcome in a series of 78 patients of heat stroke admitted and treated in a military hospital in India. METHODS This was a prospective study in a military hospital. A total of 78 patients of exertional heat stroke admitted and treated over more than 2 years are reported. Cooling measures started...

The incidence of heat disorders in July and August during 10 yr (1995-2004) reported for the population of Yamanashi prefecture was analyzed, with special consideration of an aging society, in relation to levels and patterns of phases with high daily maximal temperatures. There was an increasing tendency for years with hot summers in comparison to preceding decades. Two climatic characteristics...