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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Intensive Care Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1476962
This article is part of the Research Topic Case Reports in Intensive Care Cardiovascular Medicine: 2024 View all articles

Death after sauna -Case report of a heat stroke associated subarachnoid hemorrhage

Provisionally accepted
Anna M. Nothnagel Anna M. Nothnagel Stefan Schwartz Stefan Schwartz Thomas Schneider Thomas Schneider Stefan Angermair Stefan Angermair Sascha Treskatsch Sascha Treskatsch *
  • Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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    Heat exposure could cause organ injuries leading to multi-organ failure. This case report describes a cardiopulmonary healthy 61-year-old woman who was admitted to our university hospital in an unconscious state after spending more than 30 minutes in an 80°C sauna. Initial radiological imaging revealed no pathological findings.Laboratory results revealed a rapidly progressing disseminated intravascular coagulation ("DIC") and a clinically asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. The patient died 38 hours after admission due to a second-stage subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with progressive DIC. This report emphasizes the importance of awareness and strategies to mitigate deadly consequences of heat exposure.

    Keywords: Heat Stroke, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Sauna, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, case report

    Received: 06 Aug 2024; Accepted: 31 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Nothnagel, Schwartz, Schneider, Angermair and Treskatsch. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Sascha Treskatsch, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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