Acute Medicine & Surgery (Jan 2023)
Heat stroke management during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Recommendations from the experts in Japan (2nd edition)
- Jun Kanda,
- Masahiro Wakasugi,
- Yutaka Kondo,
- Satoru Ueno,
- Hitoshi Kaneko,
- Yohei Okada,
- Yuichi Okano,
- Yuki Kishihara,
- Jun Hamaguchi,
- Tadashi Ishihara,
- Yutaka Igarashi,
- Ryuta Nakae,
- Sohma Miyamoto,
- Eri Yamada,
- Daisuke Ikechi,
- Maiko Yamazaki,
- Daiki Tanaka,
- Yusuke Sawada,
- Chiaki Suda,
- Satoshi Yoshimura,
- Ryuta Onodera,
- Kenichi Kano,
- Takashi Hongo,
- Kaori Endo,
- Yohei Iwasaki,
- Hiroshi Kodaira,
- Shunsuke Yasuo,
- Nozomu Seki,
- Hiroshi Okuda,
- Satoshi Nakajima,
- Tadashi Nagato,
- Keiko Terazumi,
- Satoshi Nakamura,
- Shoji Yokobori
Affiliations
- Jun Kanda
- Department of Emergency Medicine Teikyo University School of Medicine Itabashi Japan
- Masahiro Wakasugi
- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine University of Toyama Toyama Japan
- Yutaka Kondo
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital Urayasu Japan
- Satoru Ueno
- Japan Organisation of Occupational Health and Safety National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Kiyose Japan
- Hitoshi Kaneko
- Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center Fuchu Japan
- Yohei Okada
- Department of Public Health Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
- Yuichi Okano
- Department of Emergency Medicine Kumamoto Sekijuji Hospital Kumamoto Japan
- Yuki Kishihara
- Department of Urology, Emergency Room, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke Japan
- Jun Hamaguchi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center Fuchu Japan
- Tadashi Ishihara
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital Urayasu Japan
- Yutaka Igarashi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Nippon Medical School Bunkyo City Japan
- Ryuta Nakae
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Nippon Medical School Bunkyo City Japan
- Sohma Miyamoto
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine St. Luke's International Hospital Chuo City Japan
- Eri Yamada
- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center Maebashi Red Cross Hospital Maebashi Japan
- Daisuke Ikechi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Hitachi General Hospital Hitachi Japan
- Maiko Yamazaki
- Department of Emergency Medicine Teikyo University School of Medicine Itabashi Japan
- Daiki Tanaka
- Department of Emergency Medicine Teikyo University School of Medicine Itabashi Japan
- Yusuke Sawada
- Department of Emergency Medicine Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan
- Chiaki Suda
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center Saku Japan
- Satoshi Yoshimura
- Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital Kyoto Japan
- Ryuta Onodera
- Department of Preventive Services Kyoto University School of Public Health Kyoto Japan
- Kenichi Kano
- Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Kokuritsu Byoin Kiko Kyoto Iryo Center Kyoto Japan
- Takashi Hongo
- Emergency Department Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital Okayama Japan
- Kaori Endo
- Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Tokushukai Hospital Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
- Yohei Iwasaki
- Trauma and Acute Critical Care Center Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital Tokyo Japan
- Hiroshi Kodaira
- Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center Sumoto Japan
- Shunsuke Yasuo
- Department of Radiology Tenri Hospital Tenri Japan
- Nozomu Seki
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Japanese Red Cross Saitama Hospital Saitama Japan
- Hiroshi Okuda
- Division of Comprehensive Medicine Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Sendai Japan
- Satoshi Nakajima
- Department of Emergency Medicine Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto Japan
- Tadashi Nagato
- Department of Respiratory Medicine JCHO Tokyo Yamate Medical Center Kyoto Japan
- Keiko Terazumi
- Trauma and Critical Care Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital Kumamoto Japan
- Satoshi Nakamura
- Department of Emergency Medicine Asahi General Hospital Asahi Japan
- Shoji Yokobori
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Nippon Medical School Bunkyo City Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ams2.827
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Both coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and heat stroke have symptoms of fever or hyperthermia and the difficulty in distinguishing them could lead to a strain on emergency medical care. To mitigate the potential confusion that could arise from actions for preventing both COVID‐19 spread and heat stroke, particularly in the context of record‐breaking summer season temperatures, this work offers new knowledge and evidence that address concerns regarding indoor ventilation and indoor temperatures, mask wearing and heat stroke risk, and the isolation of older adults. Specifically, the current work is the second edition to the previously published guidance for handling heat stroke during the COVID‐19 pandemic, prepared by the “Working group on heat stroke medical care during the COVID‐19 epidemic,” composed of members from four organizations in different medical and related fields. The group was established by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Heatstroke and Hypothermia Surveillance Committee. This second edition includes new knowledge, and conventional evidence gleaned from a primary selection of 60 articles from MEDLINE, one article from Cochrane, 13 articles from Ichushi, and a secondary/final selection of 56 articles. This work summarizes the contents that have been clarified in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and heat stroke to provide guidance for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heat stroke during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
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