Characteristics of pediatric patients with heat-related illness transferred to emergency departments: a descriptive analysis from Japan
Most pediatric cases with heat-related illness were middle or high school students, occurred in August, and were related to outdoor sports activity. Patients admitted to hospitals suffered altered consciousness, dehydration, and acute kidney injury.
Authors
- Shoji Yokobori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7409-704X)
- Jun Kanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-8732)
- Tadashi Ishihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1418-2349)
- Yohei Okada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-476X)
- Marcus Eng Hock Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-7612)
Institutions
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Singapore General Hospital (SG)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital (JP)
- Nippon Medical School (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15441/ceem.24.343
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science