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Heat Stress Disorders (Heat Stress) Summary

2041 relevant articles (76 outcomes, 195 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: A group of conditions due to overexposure to or overexertion in excess environmental temperature. It includes heat cramps, which are non-emergent and treated by salt replacement; HEAT EXHAUSTION, which is more serious, treated with fluid and salt replacement; and HEAT STROKE, a condition most commonly affecting extremes of age, especially the elderly, accompanied by convulsions, delusions, or coma and treated with cooling the body and replacement of fluids and salts. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)

Also Known As: Heat Stress; Heat Cramp; Stress Disorders, Heat; Cramp, Heat; Cramps, Heat Show All >>

Key Drugs and Agents for Heat Stress Disorders

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Heat-Shock Proteins (Heat-Shock Protein) : 7 outcomes 11 studies in 200 results : IBA
  2. Proteins (Proteins, Gene) : 3 outcomes 12 studies in 239 results : IBA
  3. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) : 3 outcomes 4 studies in 23 results : IBA
  4. Glucose (Dextrose) : 3 outcomes 3 studies in 40 results : FDA 183 Generic
  5. Catalase : 3 outcomes in 17 results : IBA
  6. Oxygen : 2 outcomes 5 studies in 55 results : IBA
  7. Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) : 2 outcomes 5 studies in 15 results : FDA 18 Generic
  8. Vitamin E : 2 outcomes 4 studies in 13 results : FDA 12
  9. Melatonin : 2 outcomes 4 studies in 9 results : IBA
  10. Zinc : 2 outcomes 3 studies in 11 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Heat Stress Disorders

  1. Heat Stroke (Heatstroke)
  2. Reperfusion Injury
  3. Anoxia (Hypoxia)
  4. Ischemia
  5. Fever (Fevers)
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Key Therapies for Heat Stress Disorders

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  1. Resuscitation : 2 outcomes in 6 results
  2. Protective Clothing : 1 outcome 4 studies in 23 results
  3. Reducing Diet : 1 outcome 2 studies in 3 results
  4. Heart Transplantation (Grafting, Heart) : 1 outcome in 1 result
  5. Tourniquets : 1 outcome in 1 result
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