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Descriptor English: Heat Stroke
Descriptor Spanish: Golpe de Calor
Descriptor golpe de calor
Scope note: Afección causada por insuficiencia del cuerpo para disipar el calor en un ambiente excesivamente caliente o durante el EJERCICIO FÍSICO en un ambiente caliente. En contraste con el AGOTAMIENTO POR CALOR, la temperatura corporal del paciente con golpe de calor es peligrosamente elevada con piel caliente y roja, acompañado de DELIRIOS, CONVULSIONES, o COMA. Puede ser una urgencia por ser amenazante para la vida y es mas frecuente en lactantes y ancianos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Golpe de Calor
Descriptor French: Coup de chaleur
Entry term(s): Heat Strokes
Heatstroke
Heatstrokes
Stroke, Heat
Strokes, Heat
Tree number(s): C26.522.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018883
Scope note: A condition caused by the failure of body to dissipate heat in an excessively hot environment or during PHYSICAL EXERTION in a hot environment. Contrast to HEAT EXHAUSTION, the body temperature in heat stroke patient is dangerously high with red, hot skin accompanied by DELUSIONS; CONVULSIONS; or COMA. It can be a life-threatening emergency and is most common in infants and the elderly.
Annotation: SUNSTROKE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Heat Exhaustion (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32736
Unique ID: D018883
NLM Classification: WD 610
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Heat Stroke - Preferred
Concept UI M0028239
Scope note A condition caused by the failure of body to dissipate heat in an excessively hot environment or during PHYSICAL EXERTION in a hot environment. Contrast to HEAT EXHAUSTION, the body temperature in heat stroke patient is dangerously high with red, hot skin accompanied by DELUSIONS; CONVULSIONS; or COMA. It can be a life-threatening emergency and is most common in infants and the elderly.
Preferred term Heat Stroke
Entry term(s) Heat Strokes
Heatstroke
Heatstrokes
Stroke, Heat
Strokes, Heat



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