title: Hyperthermia and heatstroke.
abstract: Occurring chiefly in epidemics during hot, humid summer weather, heatstroke dramatically demonstrates the consequences of uncontrolled body temperature elevation. It also illuminates the mechanism and management of unusual hyperthermic disorders associated, for example, with neuroleptic and anesthetic drugs.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007032:Hypothalamus, Anterior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009459:Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents