TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Heat-related illness JO - Emergency medicine clinics of North America A1 - Atha, Walter F. SP - 1097 EP - 1108 VL - 31 IS - 4 N2 - Environmental exposure to high temperatures can result in abnormalities ranging from mild heat exhaustion to heat stroke with multiorgan system failure. An understanding of the mechanisms of thermoregulation and how those mechanisms fail with extreme heat stress is critical for management of the patient with elevated body temperature in the emergency department.

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LA - en SN - 0733-8627 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emc.2013.07.012 ID - ref1 ER -