[Heat illness in children].
A child's heatstroke is an unexpected accident; however, we are able to prevent it analyzing the situation which occurred, and its cause. The large-scale research about a child's heatstroke had not been carried out to the past in Japan. According to Heatstroke STUDY, more than 90% of a child's heatstroke were aged 6 and over; furthermore, 70% of those children were doing sports. I expect that this result will lead to prevention of a child's heatstroke further from now on.
Department of Pediatrics, Showa University School of Medicine.
Kouji
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Morita
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018882:Heat Stress Disorders; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male