Scientific Papers
THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL UNIFORM: UNCOMPENSABLE HEAT STRESS AND HYPERTHERMIC EXHAUSTION
CONTEXT: In hot environments, the American football uniform predisposes athletes to exertional heat exhaustion or exercise-induced hyperthermia at the threshold for heat stroke (rectal temperature [T(re)] > 39 degrees C). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differential [...]
DIURNAL VARIATION IN TIME TO PRESYNCOPE AND ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY CHANGES DURING A CONTROLLED ORTHOSTATIC CHALLENGE
Epidemiological data indicate that the risk of neurally mediated syncope is substantially higher in the morning. Syncope is precipitated by cerebral hypoperfusion, yet no chronobiological experiment has been undertaken to examine whether the major circulatory [...]
SKIN BARRIER, HYDRATION, AND PH OF THE SKIN OF INFANTS UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE
The goal of this study was to instrumentally evaluate the skin of healthy infants and to compare it to adult skin. A total of 70 infants, 45 girls and 25 boys, ages 8-24 months, and [...]
PRIMARY CEREBRAL VASCULITIS IN CHILDREN
Primary cerebral vasculitis in children is a newly recognized, rare inflammatory condition affecting the vessels of the brain. It is characterized by newly acquired neurological deficit(s) with angiographic or histological evidence of central nervous system [...]