{"title":"Heat-related illness and sun safety strategies for pediatric populations.","authors":"Shruthi Krishna,Rachel Kim,Emily Pochtar,Helen Papaioannou","doi":"10.1097/mop.0000000000001382","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE OF REVIEW\r\nThe ongoing rise in temperature poses significant public health concerns such as exposure to extreme heat and increased prevalence of heat-related illnesses. Given that pediatric populations are particularly vulnerable to heat-related risks, pediatricians need to be prepared to counsel caregivers and patients on heat protective strategies and treatment recommendations.\r\n\r\nRECENT FINDINGS\r\nChildren are physiologically susceptible to heat-related complications. Heat-related illness is a spectrum of illnesses ranging from mild heat rash to potentially life-threatening heatstroke. Prevention is key to protecting children from heat-related illness and hazards. Recommended prevention strategies include clothing, sun avoidance, hydration, acclimatization, and sunscreen.\r\n\r\nSUMMARY\r\nIt is important that pediatricians provide anticipatory guidance on summer sun safety practices to parents and patients. Should prevention fail, pediatricians must be aware of how to effectively distinguish and treat heat-related illness and harms.","PeriodicalId":10985,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in pediatrics","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current opinion in pediatrics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/mop.0000000000001382","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW
The ongoing rise in temperature poses significant public health concerns such as exposure to extreme heat and increased prevalence of heat-related illnesses. Given that pediatric populations are particularly vulnerable to heat-related risks, pediatricians need to be prepared to counsel caregivers and patients on heat protective strategies and treatment recommendations.
RECENT FINDINGS
Children are physiologically susceptible to heat-related complications. Heat-related illness is a spectrum of illnesses ranging from mild heat rash to potentially life-threatening heatstroke. Prevention is key to protecting children from heat-related illness and hazards. Recommended prevention strategies include clothing, sun avoidance, hydration, acclimatization, and sunscreen.
SUMMARY
It is important that pediatricians provide anticipatory guidance on summer sun safety practices to parents and patients. Should prevention fail, pediatricians must be aware of how to effectively distinguish and treat heat-related illness and harms.
期刊介绍:
Current Opinion in Pediatrics is a reader-friendly resource which allows the reader to keep up-to-date with the most important advances in the pediatric field. Each issue of Current Opinion in Pediatrics contains three main sections delivering a diverse and comprehensive cover of all key issues related to pediatrics; including genetics, therapeutics and toxicology, adolescent medicine, neonatology and perinatology, and orthopedics. Unique to Current Opinion in Pediatrics is the office pediatrics section which appears in every issue and covers popular topics such as fever, immunization and ADHD. Current Opinion in Pediatrics is an indispensable journal for the busy clinician, researcher or student.