Table 3.
Signs and symptoms of patients with heatstroke and heat exhaustion.
| Vital signs | Heatstroke n (%) |
Heat exhaustion n (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered mental status | 50 (62.5) | 7 (4) | 0.315 |
| Tachycardia | 37 (46.3) | 7 (4) | 0.285 |
| Tachypnea | 29 (36.3) | 4 (2.1) | 0.422 |
| Hypotension | 19 (23.8) | 3 (1.6) | 0.474 |
| Convulsions | 11 (13.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0.693 |
| Diarrhea | 5 (6.3) | 1 (0.5) | 0.337 |
| Dizziness | 1 (1.2) | 40 (21.4) | 0.412 |
| Vomiting | 0 | 20 (10.7) | 0.052 |
| Headache | 0 | 14 (7.5) | 0.061 |
| Irritability | 1 (1.2) | 12 (6.4) | 0.028 ∗ |
| Nausea | 0 | 6 (3.2) | 0.058 |
| Postural hypotension | 0 | 4 (2.1) | 0.099 |
∗ p value is statistically significant.