Etiology of fatal exertional heat stroke induced by military training
- VernacularTitle:军事训练导致的致死性劳力性热射病病因学调查与分析
- Author:
Jun JI
;
Qing SONG
;
Feihu ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
heat stroke;
multiple organ failure;
cause of death
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the etiopathogenesis of exertional heat stroke(EHS)induced by military training of those patients admitted in military hospitals,and analyze the influence of EHS as a predisposing factor on prognosis.Methods Eighteen patients with EHS were admitted in 6 military hospitals from Sep.1995 to Aug.2007,their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.All cases were evaluated according to Minard's EHS predisposing factors including the individual's physiologic limitations,environmental conditions and the organizational predisposing factors.According to the final treatment outcome,18 cases of EHS were divided into fatal group(Group F)and survival group(Group S).The significance of deviation on the predisposing factors,and of the differences on the accumulated predisposing factors between the two groups,was analyzed.Results All the 18 cases of EHS occurred after military training,and complicated with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome(MODS).Hyposthenia,excessive physical efficiency training,incorrect disease classification to the patients,and inappropriate diagnosis and treatment were found to be the strong predictors to a grave prognosis.The effect of accumulated predisposing factors of EHS in group F was significantly higher than that in group S(10.0?1.41 vs 5.64?1.96,P