TY - JOUR T1 - BET 4: IN PATIENTS WITH CLASSIC HEAT STROKE DOES ADDING TREATMENT WITH DANTROLENE IMPROVE OUTCOME? JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 441 LP - 442 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.061705 VL - 25 IS - 7 AU - Rosa McNamara AU - Damien Ryan AU - Gerard McCarthy Y1 - 2008/07/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/7/441.abstract N2 - Report by Rosa McNamara, Emergency RegistrarSearch checked by Damien Ryan, Specialist Registrarand Gerard McCarthy, ConsultantInstitution: Cork University Hospital, Cork, IrelandCLINICAL SCENARIOA 53-year-old man is brought in by ambulance from a nearby building site after a collapse, on an uncharacteristically hot day. In the resuscitation room he has a Glasgow coma score of 3. He is found to be warm and dry and to have a temperature of 42.3°C. You diagnose heat stroke and wonder if dantrolene would be a useful additional therapy … ER -