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Exertional Heatstroke in a Marathon Runner Complicated by Concurrent Use of an Antipsychotic Medication Affecting Thermoregulation.

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0 Published in 2019 at "Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine"

DOI: 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000750

Abstract: We report the case of a half-marathon runner who presented with exertional heatstroke (EHS), whose management was confounded by concurrent treatment of his bipolar disorder with olanzapine. Antipsychotics can have a profound effect on thermoregulation… read more here.

Keywords: thermoregulation; exertional heatstroke; marathon runner;