Heatstroke and other heat-related illnesses

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Victims of high heat and humidity may be young and healthy or old and debilitated. In either case, severe heatstroke may present a life-threatening situation if treatment is delayed. In this article, the authors examine the various therapeutic options, including physical cooling methods and supportive measures. They also describe therapy for the less serious summer ailments of heat edema, heat cramps, and heat syncope.

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Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong

Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, MD John T. Stitt, PhD Dr Lee-Chiong is a fellow, section of pulmonary and critical care, and Dr Stitt is professor of epidemiology and environmental health and of cellular and molecular physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

John T. Stitt

Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, MD John T. Stitt, PhD Dr Lee-Chiong is a fellow, section of pulmonary and critical care, and Dr Stitt is professor of epidemiology and environmental health and of cellular and molecular physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.