title: Heat-related illness.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044, USA. Electronic address: watha@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Walter F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Atha
mesh_terms: D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018882:Heat Stress Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Environmental heat emergency; Heat emergency; Heat stroke; Hyperthermia