Hyperthermic and Hypermetabolic Disorders
Subtitle: Exertional Heat-Stroke, Malignant Hyperthermia and Related Syndromes
Contributors: Philip M. Hopkins (Editor); F. R. Ellis (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521443814
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Environmental medicine; Medical; Heat Stress Disorders; Internal Medicine (Specific Aspects); Manifestations Of Disease (Symptomatology); Neuroleptic malignant syndrome; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Malignant hyperthermia; Heat stroke; Diseases; Diseases - General; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / General; Pathology; Fever
First sentence: 'While he was out in the fields supervising the binding of the sheaves, he got sunstroke, took to his bed and died...' (Apocrypha).
Description: This authoritative and comprehensive new publication looks in depth at a range of medical syndromes characterised by serious and unpredicted internal overheating of the body. These episodes may arise suddenly and unexpectedly in certain individuals, with life-threatening consequences, either as a result of heat stress, exceptional physical exertion or in response to certain common anaesthetics and some drugs, including ecstacy.

This chapters focus on the full range of these syndromes, their metabolic and physiological basis, the important predisposing factors for the prediction of those at risk and the medical management of these conditions. The volume includes important contributions from authors of international repute and incorporates a wealth of information from the Leeds malignant hyperthermia investigation unit - the world's leading centre of research and investigation in this area.

. This compilation provides an essential source of reference for those wishing to understand these disorders and a practical account of their medical management.