Fatal Heat Stroke in a Schizophrenic Patient

Table 2

Characteristic	Classic	Exertional
Health condition	Predisposing factors	Healthy
Age	Elderly	Younger
Conditions	High environmental temp	Occurs sporadically
Sweating	Usually absent	Present
Activity	Sedentary	Strenuous
Disseminated intravascular coagulation	Mild	Marked
Acute renal failure	<5% patients	25–30% patients
Lactic acidosis	Rare	Common
Hyperuricemia	Moderate	Severe
Hypocalcemia	Rare	Common
Hypoglycaemia	Rare	Common
Hypokalemia	Rare	Common
Rhabdomyolysis	Rare	Common
CPK	Mildly elevated	Marked elevated
Mechanism	Poor dissipation of environmental heat	Excessive endogenous heat production

Information from [3, 8].