TY - JOUR
T1 - Full skin thickness burns caused by contact with the pavement in a heat-stroke victim
AU - Vardy, D. A.
AU - Khoury, M.
AU - Ben-Meir, P.
AU - Ben-Yakar, Y.
AU - Shoenfeld, Y.
PY - 1989/4
Y1 - 1989/4
N2 - A 70-year-old woman, with a previous history of heat-stroke, suffered another heat-stroke on a hot summer day (air temperature 43°C (109°F)). She presented the rare complication of a heat-stroke plus deep burns sustained while lying unconscious on the pavement. In addition to age, obesity, previous illness, incidental fever, drugs, dehydration and physical effort, a previous history of heat-stroke is probably an important risk factor for a second heat-stroke. Burns from contact with the pavement are uncommon but possible, especially if the patient is obese, immobile and poorly insulated.
AB - A 70-year-old woman, with a previous history of heat-stroke, suffered another heat-stroke on a hot summer day (air temperature 43°C (109°F)). She presented the rare complication of a heat-stroke plus deep burns sustained while lying unconscious on the pavement. In addition to age, obesity, previous illness, incidental fever, drugs, dehydration and physical effort, a previous history of heat-stroke is probably an important risk factor for a second heat-stroke. Burns from contact with the pavement are uncommon but possible, especially if the patient is obese, immobile and poorly insulated.
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U2 - 10.1016/0305-4179(89)90141-1
DO - 10.1016/0305-4179(89)90141-1
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AN - SCOPUS:0024515218
SN - 0305-4179
VL - 15
SP - 115
EP - 116
JO - Burns
JF - Burns
IS - 2
ER -
