Hipertermia

Hipertermia ialah suhu badan meningkat kerana pentermokawalaturan gagal yang berlaku apabila badan mengeluarkan atau menyerap lebih haba daripada yang dilesapkan oleh badan. Peningkatan suhu ekstrem kemudian menjadi kecemasan perubatan yang memerlukan rawatan serta-merta untuk mencegah kehilangan upaya atau kematian.

Lihat juga
 Kejang haba
 Stoking ais
 Rabdomiolisis

Rujukan

Pautan luar
 American Red Cross Tips to Beat the Heat 
 CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Extreme Heat
 CDC - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topics: Heat Stress
 CDC - NIOSH Preventing Heat-related Illness or Death of Outdoor Workers
 OSHA - NIOSH Infosheet: Protecting Workers from Heath Illness
 Excessive Heat Events Guidebook, from the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 Cold Water Immersion: The Gold Standard for Exertional Heatstroke Treatment
 Physiological Responses to Exercise in the Heat—Chapter 3 of Nutritional Needs in Hot Environments by the Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies (of Science) (N.B.: entire book is available in HTML format via this link)

Kecemasan perubatan
Fisiologi
Sebab kematian
Gelombang haba
Pentermokawalaturan
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