Hyperthermia and heatstroke.
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.
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Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents