Hyperthermia - complications & treatment
Hyperthermia could result in life threatening multi organ failure. In this video we'll go through the possible complications of hyperthermia, and what you should do as treatment. In the next video, we'll talk about the causes.
Note that hyperthermia is defined as an elevated body temperature, without an increase in hypothalamic setpoint, i.e. not in response to inflammation. Meaning it's different from fever! As mentioned in the video, this definition is a bit outdated, but it's conceptually a lot easier to remember, so we're going with this one.
If you're interested in reading more on this topic, check out these awesome journal articles (free, yay!):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
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