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American College of Sports Medicine Roundtable on exertional heat stroke--return to duty/return to play: conference proceedings.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20827100     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
On October 22-23, 2008, an ACSM Roundtable was convened at the Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, MD) to discuss return-to-play or return-to-duty for people who have experienced exertional heat illness (EHI) and to develop consensus-based recommendations. The conference assembled experts from the civilian sports medicine community and the Department of Defense to discuss relevant EHI issues, such as potential long-term consequences, the concept of thermotolerance, and the role of thermal tolerance testing in return-to-play decisions. Although the group was unable to move forward with new consensus recommendations, they clearly documented critical clinical concerns and scientific questions, including the following: 1) no uniform core definitions of EHI; 2) limited validated criteria to assess recovery from exertional heat stroke (EHS); and 3) inadequate ability to predict who may be predisposed to a subsequent heat injury after EHS. Areas of potential future research are identified.
Authors:
Francis G O'Connor; Douglas J Casa; Michael F Bergeron; Robert Carter; Patricia Deuster; Yuval Heled; John Kark; Lisa Leon; Brendon McDermott; Karen O'Brien; William O Roberts; Michael Sawka
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current sports medicine reports     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1537-8918     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr Sports Med Rep     Publication Date:    2010 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-09     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101134380     Medline TA:  Curr Sports Med Rep     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  314-21     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Military and Emergency Medicine, Consortium for Health and Military Performance, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. foconnor@usuhs.mil
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