Neurological Manifestations and Image Findings in Patients with Exercise-induced Heat Stroke

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 22(2); 2004 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2004;22(2): 115-121.

운동유발성 열사병 환자에서 발현되는 신경학적 이상 및 영상 소견

김광기, 유태현 이상호 강석윤 정필욱 김유경 이동수 윤병우

강원대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 서울대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실*, 핵의학교실†, 신촌세브란스병원 신경과‡, 신장내과§, 강북삼성병원 신경과∥, 경희대병원 신장내과¶

Neurological Manifestations and Image Findings in Patients with Exercise-induced Heat Stroke

Kwang-Ki Kim

Department of Neurology, Kwangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon; Department of Neurology* and Nuclear Medicine†, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul; Departments of Neurology‡ and Nephrology§, Yonsei University Coll

Abstract

Background: Heat stroke is a thermal insult to the cerebral thermo-regulatory system that controls heat production and heat dissipation. Heat stroke occurs in all age groups and in different parts of the world. In the Korean army heat stroke can occur dur