Golpe de calor: claves para el reconocimiento y manejo precoz en tiempos de cambio climático

Heat-related illness includes a continuum of syndromes, the most severe extreme of which is heatstroke. It usually occurs epidemically in relation to heat waves, especially affecting frail older adults, with high mortality. In the face of climate change, an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves is expected, and in this scenario it is essential to know the population at greatest risk together with the clinical manifestations of heat stroke, in order to initiate early treatment to reduce mortality.