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The survey questionnaire entries included patient age, sex, use of an ambulance, vital signs, blood examination conducted at the emergency department, the length of hospitalization, and outcome. We analyzed the predictive factors for hospitalization in patients with heat illness. A total of 127 patients were analyzed. Of these, 49 (37%) were admitted, with 59% discharged on the day following admission. In univariate analysis, the following inpatient characteristics were predictive for hospitalization: old age, low Glasgow Coma Scale score, elevated body temperature, increased serum C-reactive protein, and increased blood urea nitrogen. In logistic regression multivariate analysis, the following were predictive factors for hospitalization: age of \u2265 65 years (odds ratio (OR) 4.91; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.42\u201317.00), body temperature (OR 1.97; 95% CI 1.14\u20133.41), Glasgow Coma Scale (OR 0.40; 95% CI 0.16\u20130.98), and creatinine (OR 2.92; 95% CI 1.23\u20136.94).  The results suggest that the elderly with hyperthermia, disturbance of consciousness, and elevated serum creatinine have an increased risk for hospitalization with heat illness.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph120911770","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,21]],"date-time":"2015-09-21T02:25:40Z","timestamp":1442802340000},"page":"11770-11780","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Predictive Factors for Hospitalization of Patients with Heat Illness in Yamaguchi, Japan"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Takahiro","family":"Yamamoto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masaki","family":"Todani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yasutaka","family":"Oda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine,  1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tadashi","family":"Kaneko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kotaro","family":"Kaneda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Motoki","family":"Fujita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine,  1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takashi","family":"Miyauchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ryosuke","family":"Tsuruta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, 1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine,  1-1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"185","article-title":"The potential impacts of climate variability and change on temperature-related morbidity and mortality in the United States","volume":"109","author":"McGeehin","year":"2001","journal-title":"Environ. 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