@article{Hernández-Ríos_Martínez-González_Gutiérrez-Bañales_Beltrán-López_Jaramillo-Ramírez_2020, title={Acute Liver Failure in Patients with Classic Heat Stroke}, volume={8}, url={https://ijms.info/IJMS/article/view/442}, DOI={10.5195/ijms.2020.442}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> Classic heat stroke is defined by a core temperature greater than 40° C, severe dehydration and neurological alterations. Patients with liver disease due to heat stroke have been described, mostly by exercise. Hepatic failure is defined as the presence of a coagulopathy accompanied by any degree of hepatic encephalopathy. The primary objective of the study lies in the fact that patients who developed acute liver failure during their hospital stay had a higher risk of mortality.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A retrospective, analytical study of patients admitted to the General Hospital of Mexicali who suffered from classic heat stroke from March 2006 through August 2010, and a second period from June 2018 to August 2019.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Fifty patients were recruited, the group included 48 (96%) male, with a total of 10 fatalities, representing 20%. INR greater than 1.5, AST and ALT levels were not related to an increased mortality rate.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Neither transaminase levels, nor liver failure, were related to a higher mortality rate in this cohort of patients with classic heat stroke.</p>}, number={2}, journal={International Journal of Medical Students}, author={Hernández-Ríos, Jeremy J. and Martínez-González, Fátima María and Gutiérrez-Bañales, Luz A. and Beltrán-López, J. Andrés and Jaramillo-Ramírez, Hiram J.}, year={2020}, month={Aug.}, pages={111–113} }