Heat stroke laboratory findings
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]
Overview
The laboratory finding scene in patients with a heat stroke include hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia, [[hypoglycemia], tension of arterial carbon dioxide is usually less than 20 mm Hg. Respiratory alkalosis is seen in non-exertional heat stroke where as lactic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis in exertional heat stroke.
Laboratory Findings
The following laboratory findings may be noticed in a patient with heat stroke:[1]
- The tension of arterial carbon dioxide is usually less than 20 mm Hg
- Respiratory alkalosis in non-exertional heat stroke
- Lactic acidosis and respiratory alkalosis in exertional heat stroke
- Hypophosphatemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoglycemia (rare finding)
- Laboratory findings secondary to hemoconcentration
Laboratory Findings after Cooling in Exertional Heat Stroke
References
- ↑ Leon LR, Bouchama A (2015). "Heat stroke". Compr Physiol. 5 (2): 611–47. doi:10.1002/cphy.c140017. PMID 25880507.