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1.5 Fluid balance during exercise

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Assessment of the collapsed runner

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ABCDEFGH

Airway

Breathing

Circulation

Disability (Mental Status)

Environment (Rectal Temperature)

Fluid status including change in body weight

Blood Glucose and Sodium

History including site of collapse

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Collapse during exercise (Common medical causes)

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• Cardiac arrest

• Hypoglycaemia

• Anaphylaxis

• Other medical conditions

• Trauma/Orthopaedic injuries

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Collapse during exercise (exercise related causes)

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• Heatstroke

• Hypothermia

• Exercise-associated hyponatraemia

• Exercise-associated postural hypotension

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Most common cause of collapse Presents after the finish

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Exercise-associated postural hypotension

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Exercise-associated postural hypotension definition

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“The inability to stand or walk unaided as the result of light headedness, faintness, dizziness or syncope”

  • Postural hypotension related to cessation of activity

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EAPH field management

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  • Place runner supine and head-down
  • Oral fluids

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Hyperthermia

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Hyperthermia is high rectal temperature (usually >40oC) in an

athlete who, other than feeling exhausted, is usually well.

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Exertional Heatstroke

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  • Symptoms or signs of organ dysfunction
  • And a core body temperature >40oC

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39-40oC is considered ...

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is a normal physiological response to intense exercise or physical activity

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Heat gain in exercise

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Endogenous heat production: muscle activity and metabolism

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Exogenous heat absorbtion: environmental

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Heat loss in exercise

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In low environmental temperatures, heat is lost through:

Convection + Radiation + (Small contribution from conduction)

Increasing environmental temperatures:

sweating = effective heat loss through evaporation

In Humid conditions:

evaporation is reduced > ineffective cooling

Athlete is unable to lose heat > begins to overheat

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Heatstorke effects

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Cerebral hyperthermia:

  • hypothalamic failure and loss of thermoregulatory control
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • renal failure
  • hyperkalaemia

Intense inflammatory response:

Inflammatory cytokines trigger a systemic inflammatory response (SIRS):

  • tissue hypoxia
  • metabolic acidosis
  • Acute kidney injury
  • Acute liver failure
  • Acute hypotensive shock
  • Multi-system organ failure

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third leading cause of death in athletes

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  • EHS
  • Mortality and prognosis is largely dependent on early recognition and prompt management

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Heatstroke: Field management

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  • Cold water immersion is the most effective cooling modality
  • Shade, strip, spray and fan (S3F) is recommended where CWI is contraindicated or not possible

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What is Exertional Heat Illness (EHI)

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Pathophysiological continuum from mild symptoms (fatigue, headache) to collapse, coma and death because of a rise in core temperature

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What is “Heat Exhaustion”

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a physiological response to inadequate acclimatisation

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What is “Heat cramps”

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a physiological response to inadequate training

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What is Exercise-associated hyponatraemia

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[Na+] <135 mmol/L1

dilutional hyponatraemia occurring during or <24hr after exercise

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EAH: pathophysiology

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Relative hyponatraemia in the vascular compartment causes an osmotic fluid shift into adjacent tissues

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EAH symptoms

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Cerebral edema

  • agitation
  • LOC
  • confusion
  • Drowsiness
  • stupor

GI symotoms

  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea

Other

  • Headach

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EAH causes

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Excessive fluid intake

• Excessive consumption irrespective of fluid type

Reduced fluid output (Altered renal function)

  • Exercise ( RBF and GFR fall by 40% after exercise)
  • ADH (0.5 pg/mL) in 43 % of cases
  • NSAIDs ( Indomethacin, and celecoxib significantly reduced free water clearance)

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EAH: who is at risk?

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  • Females
  • slower runers
  • >4hrs exercise time

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EAH: Field management (Asymptomatic)

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● Observe closely

● Salty snacks or salty broth

● No oral fluids until onset of urination

● No iv fluids

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EAH: Field management (Symptomatic)

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● Oxygen

● 100ml bolus iv 3% Hypertonic Saline

● May require hospital admission

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EAH: Hospital management (Symptomatic)

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● Check and treat [Na+] before imaging

● Use 2.7% or 3% Hypertonic Saline

● AVOID Normal Saline

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EAH: Prevention

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1. Drink according to thirst: ad libitum

2. Avoid excessive drinking during and after exercise

3. Sports drinks do not prevent EAH

4. Sodium supplementation does not prevent EAH

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Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors.

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  • age
  • sex
  • FFM
  • Body weight
  • PAL
  • athletes
  • HDI
  • Air temprature
  • Humidity
  • Altitiude

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EAH: drinking myths

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1. We need to drink 2 liters of water a day

2. Sports drinks prevent EAH

3. Thirst is imperfect

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Metabolic water

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• The energy cost of running a marathon for an average

70 kg male is roughly 12,000 kJ (4.18 kJ·kg−1·min−1).

• Estimates of carbohydrate oxidation indicate that an

elite male runner would utilise 400 g of glycogen

• given the accepted value of 3 g of water per gram of

oxidised glycogen, this would result in a 1200 mL

endogenous water release