Heat Stroke caused by electric blanket: A rare surviving case
Kadir Gişi1, Nurhan Köksal2, Mehmet Sayarlıoğlu3, Sedat Köroğlu4, Harun Çıralık5
1Department Of Gastroenterology, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
2Department Of Thoracic Medicine, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
3Department Of Rheumatology, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
4Department Of Cardiology, Afsin State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
5Department Of Pathology, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Keywords: Electric injury, heat stroke, rhabdomyolysis
Abstract
Heat stroke caused by electric blanket is rare and challenging clinical condition. Limited numbers of cases were reported; most of them were postmortem. In this paper, a sixty years old man survived after electric blanket mediated heat stroke, was described. Also, diagnostic methods, clinical presentation and management were discussed briefly in the light of current literature.