With the impending alarm of scorching summer, physicians need to be prepared to handle a number of patients with heat illness in the emergency department. Heat-related illnesses are often overlooked and lead to fatal complications just due to lack of awareness of the severity. A late presentation in the ED becomes a makes it difficult for attending physicians and often requires a multispecialty intervention. We will try to provide a comprehensive overview on heatstroke, a severe form of heat illness, in two parts.
This part will detail the classification, pathophysiology, diagnosis, complication, and prognosis of heat stroke followed by its detailed management in next article. Heat-related illnesses typically are categorized as Heat exhaustion: Heat exhaustion is a milder event than heat-stroke. Heat exhaustion typically is associated with nonspecific signs and symptoms and mild…
