Expert consensus on standardized diagnosis and treatment for heat stroke
Expert consensus on standardized diagnosis and treatment for heat stroke
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London: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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London: BioMed Central Ltd
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Heat stroke is a life-threatening disease characterized clinically by central nervous system dysfunction and severe hyperthermia (core temperature rises to higher than 40 °C). The unchecked rise of body core temperature overwhelms intrinsic or extrinsic heat generation mechanism, thus overwhelms homoeostatic thermoregulation. Hyperthermia causes c...
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Expert consensus on standardized diagnosis and treatment for heat stroke
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4704265
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4704265
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2054-9369,2095-7467
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2054-9369
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10.1186/s40779-015-0056-z
