Hipertermia

Hipertermia
Sebatang termometer perubatan analog menunjukkan suhu 38.7 °C (101.7 °F).
ICD-9780.6
DiseasesDB18924
MeSHD005334

Hipertermia ialah suhu badan meningkat kerana pentermokawalaturan gagal yang berlaku apabila badan mengeluarkan atau menyerap lebih haba daripada yang dilesapkan oleh badan. Peningkatan suhu ekstrem kemudian menjadi kecemasan perubatan yang memerlukan rawatan serta-merta untuk mencegah kehilangan upaya atau kematian.

Lihat juga

  • Kejang haba
  • Stoking ais
  • Rabdomiolisis

Rujukan

Pautan luar

  • American Red Cross Tips to Beat the Heat Diarkibkan 2014-07-21 di Wayback Machine
  • CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Extreme Heat
  • CDC - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topics: Heat Stress
  • CDC - NIOSH Preventing Heat-related Illness or Death of Outdoor Workers
  • OSHA - NIOSH Infosheet: Protecting Workers from Heath Illness
  • Excessive Heat Events Guidebook, from the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Cold Water Immersion: The Gold Standard for Exertional Heatstroke Treatment
  • Physiological Responses to Exercise in the Heat—Chapter 3 of Nutritional Needs in Hot Environments by the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies (of Science) (N.B.: entire book is available in HTML format via this link)

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