ReviewGerontology & geriatric medicine
Impairments to Thermoregulation in the Elderly During Heat Exposure Events.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- Thermoregulation and Heat Stroke Prevention in Older Adults: Advances in Emerging Technologies and Interventions.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
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- Changes in cardiac function before and after hot water immersion and endurance exercise in middle-aged individuals with overweight or obesity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Extreme Heat Exposure and Blood Pressure in Community Health Center Patients.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Heat-Induced Sleep Disruption in Aging: A Narrative Review.Clocks & sleep · 2026Review
- The role of supraoptic hypothalamic arginine vasopressin neurons in aging-associated water balance and thermoregulatory deficits in male mice.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Effects of Heatwaves and Tropical Nights on Sleep in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Clocks & sleep · 2026Review
- Temperature discomfort impairs everyday cognition: a pilot study using smartwatch-based ecological momentary assessment.Environmental research communications · 2026Article
- Thermal Responses to Exercise in Male Master Track & Field Athletes: Monitoring during Competition.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Risk Factors for Hypothermia After General Anesthesia in Abdominal Surgery: A Three-Year Retrospective Analysis.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- The Role of Supraoptic Hypothalamic Arginine Vasopressin Neurons in Aging-Associated Water Balance and Thermoregulatory Deficits.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Ambient temperature and deaths from homicide in Brazil from 2010-2019: a nationwide space-time-stratified case-crossover study.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Heat Tolerance in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Thermoregulation, Vulnerability, Environmental Change, and Health Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association of repeated high serum osmolarity with cognitive function in older Japanese adults in a KOBE study subanalysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) to all-vulnerability warning systems (AVWS).iScience · 2025Review
- Long-Term Hypoxia Upregulates Wnt and TGFβ1 Signaling in Eccrine Sweat Gland Cells In Vitro.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Hydration Strategies in Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Extreme heat impacts on daily life and adaptive behaviours captured through lived experience.Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site] · 2025Article
- Heat and hospitalization risks among people with disabilities in South Korea.Nature communications · 2025Article
- From inequalities to vulnerability paradoxes: juxtaposing older adults' heat mortality risk and heat experiences.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Heat waves represent a public health risk to elderly people, and typically result in an increased rate of hospital admissions and deaths. Studies of thermoregulation in this cohort have generally focused on single elements such as sweating capacity. Sweating capacity and skin blood flow reduce with age, reducing ability to dissipate heat. Perception of effort during heat exposure is emerging as an area that needs further investigation as the elderly appear to lack the ability to adequately perceive increased physiological strain during heat exposure. The role of the gut and endotoxemia in heat stress has received attention in young adults, while the elderly population has been neglected. This shortcoming offers another potential avenue for identifying effective integrated health interventions to reduce heat illnesses. Increasing numbers of elderly individuals in populations worldwide are likely to increase the incidence of heat wave-induced deaths if adequate interventions are not developed, evaluated, and implemented. In this narrative-style review we identify and discuss health-related interventions for reducing the impact of heat illnesses in the elderly.
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