학술논문
Prehospital arterial blood gas analysis after collapse connected to triathlon participation / Praehospital blodgasanalyse efter kollaps i forbindelse med deltagelse i triatlon
Document Type
Case Study
Fallbeskrivning
Fallbeskrivning
Source
Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179(16):1407
Subject
Language
Danish
ISSN
0041-5782
Abstract
Long-distance athletes are at risk of serious fluid and electrolyte disturbances, such as hypernatraemia (dehydration). Recently, cases of serious morbidity have been reported, due to acute exercise-associated hyponatraemia, which can advance to encephalopathy. An arterial blood gas analysis (ABG) was drawn from collapsed athletes at the championship of full-distance triathlon 2015, and different electrolyte imbalances were found. Our findings show that prehospital ABG can assist in differentiating the cause of collapse, and presumable targeted treatment can be initiated already on scene.