An Easy-to-Use Prehospital Indicator to Determine the Severity of Suspected Heat-Related Illness: An Observational Study in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

ABSTRACT: Rapid hospital arrival decreases mortality risk in heat-related illnesses. We investigated an easy-to-use indicator of life-threatening severity of heat-related illnesses in a community setting to enable quick hospitalization by using data extracted from prehospital transportation records of a database from 2016 that included information on the clinical severity of suspected heat-related illnesses in patients (n = 2528) upon hospital arrival. Patient-related risk factors (adjusted odds ratio, aOR [95% confidence interval, CI]) included age, vital signs, location of the patient, and illness severity, and respiratory rate (3.34 [1.80-6.22]), heart rate (2.88 [1.57-5.29]), axillary body temperature (7.79 [4.02-15.1]), and consciousness level (38.3 [5.22-281.1]) were independent risk fa

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10452966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature