We will focus this week on what the baby goes through once they are brought in to a hospital.\u00a0 Please note that the status of the baby or young toddler that had experienced heat stroke may differ from each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stabilization: clinician will immediately assess what has to be done first to the patient once the baby is first entered into the hospital.\u00a0 Procedures include support of airway, breathing, and a check on circulation.\u00a0 In most common cases, the patient is either unconscious or unable to breathe on own.\u00a0 Hospital will use the process of endotracheal intubation where the doctor will give anesthesia first, and then insert a plastic tube into the patient\u2019s trachea to help with breathing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rapid cooling:\u00a0 water immersion is one of the most common cooling methods given in hospitals as the goal is to lower the core temperature rate of 32.18 \u030a F or 0.1 \u030a C per minute.\u00a0 IV fluids will also be given to reduce shivering of patient as it is common for them to have this effect during cooling.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reducing of Rhabdomyolysis (death of muscle cells entering into the blood stream) can be carried out with \u201cvolume expansion with normal saline, IV frusemide, mannitol and sodium bicarbonate\u201d, or in simple terms: fluids and electrolytes.\u00a0 As discussed in prior posts, an increase in\u00a0Rhabdomyolysis level can inhibit normal functions of the kidney and liver which may lead to both major organs to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Treatment for multi-organ failure due to heat stroke: Along with cold immersion to lower body temperature, hospitals will also use ventilator for breathing, blood transfusion if appropriate to bring new blood to the patient.\u00a0 In some cases, liver transplants are necessary for severe liver failure.\u00a0 If successful, some cases have shown that patient will recover after hospitalization two to four weeks, including rest.\u00a0 However, this does not include secondary symptoms associated with cerebellar dysfunction or Permanent Cerebellar Syndrome as it will take years of therapy and many babies or young toddlers may not fully recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There were numerous cases when the baby or the young toddler has been admitted to the hospital, as the major organs have already been damaged, they did not survive or live through the ordeal.\u00a0 If the baby or young toddler does survive, the parent will have to endure years of therapy, time, expenses, and the stress to try to have them recover knowing fully they may not recover back to 100% of what they used to be!\u00a0 According to a study, the morbidity and mortality rate of heat stroke is 80% if hospitalization is delayed!\u00a0 Therefore, we should never let our guard down when it comes to the safety of our babies and young toddlers!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cerebellar Dysfunction<\/span>:
\n<\/span>loss of speech or unclear articulation of speech, brain tumor, bleeding in the cerebellum area of the brain (part of brain that is responsible for movement, senses, and learning motor behaviors).<\/span><\/p>\n

Permanent Cerebellar Syndrome: problems related to gait (imbalance, shuffling, frequent
\nfalls, staggering, and unable to move), co-ordination, speech, visual, and vertigo problems (feels like everything is spinning around you).<\/span><\/p>\n

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• www.uptodate.com\/contents\/heat-stroke-in-children<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4923787\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6956553\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Pic:<\/span><\/p>\n

  www.uichildrens.org\/medical-services\/neonatolog<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

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