Current status of active cooling, deep body temperature measurement, and face mask wearing in heat stroke and heat exhaustion patients in Japan: a nationwide observational study based on the Heatstroke STUDY 2020 and 2021.
Jun KandaYasufumi MiyakeDaiki TanakaTadashi UmeharaMaiko YamazakiNaoshige HaradaMotoki FujitaKei HayashidaHitoshi KanekoTatsuho KobayashiYukari MiyoshiYuki KishiharaYohei OkadaYuichi OkanoJotaro TachinoShuhei TakaujiJunko YamaguchiAtsuo MaedaHiroyuki YokotaShoji YokoboriPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2023)
It is suggested that severe cases require a more detailed classification of degree III in the JAAM-HS criteria, and not measuring deep body temperature could have been a factor in the nonperformance of active cooling and worse outcomes.