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1. DeGroot DW, Goodwin KC, Charkoudian N, Giersch, Acute kidney injury and liver damage are the most common forms of end organ damage in exertional heat illness in otherwise healthy young adults, Temperature, in press, https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2026.2680846

2. Murphy CE, DeGroot DW, O’Connor FG, Exertional Heat Illness and Cardiovascular Implications in Active Populations, New England Journal of Medicine Evidence, 5(5), 2026, http://doi.org/10/1056/EVID:25-00270

3. Norton C, Moreh Y, Sperry N, O’Connor FG, DeGroot DW, Rhodehouse B, Bartlett SI, An Update on Best Practices for the Prehospital Management of Exertional Heat Illness, Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 25(1):36-43, 2025, https://doi.org/10.55460/rwus-ae68

4. DeGroot DW, Ruby B, Koo A, O’Connor FG. Far From Home: Heat Illness Prevention and Treatment in Austere Environments. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 36(3):397-404, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1177/10806032251332283

5. DeGroot DW, Litchfield AC, Blodgett CA, Rhodehouse BB, Hudson KP, Chain of Survival for a Severe Exertional Heat Stroke Casualty, Journal of Applied Physiology, 138:699-705, 2025. https://doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01006.2024

6. Epstein Y, Charkoudian N, DeGroot DW, House C, Ketko I, Law L, Malgoyre A, O’Connor FG, Tayari O, Lee JKW, Exertional Heat Illness: International military-oriented lessons learned and best practices for prevention and management, Frontiers in Physiology, 16:1456984, 2025, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2025.1456984

7. Goodwin KC, Giersch G, Murray T, DeGroot DW and Charkoudian N, Sex Differences in Biomarkers of End-Organ Damage following Exertional Heat Stroke in Humans, Journal of Applied Physiology, 137: 1434-1445, 2024. https://doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00463.2024

8. Dehan PJ, Flores SA, Rhodehouse BB, Kaplan JJ and DeGroot DW. Rebound Hyperthermia in Exertional Heat Stroke. Military Medicine, 190(3-4):e881-e885, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae393

9. O’Connor FG and DeGroot DW, Heat Illness in Athletes. JAMA The Journal of The American Medicine Association, 332(8):664-665, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.9991

10. Chapman C, Giersch G, Patton E, DeGroot DW and Charkoudian N. Combating Extreme Heat in the Military: Considerations for Future Cross-Disciplinary Research, Journal of Applied Physiology, 136:1331-1332, 2024.https://doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00199.2024

11. Willcox MJ, Rhodehouse BB and DeGroot DW. Ice Sheet Cooling in the Field Reduces Morbidity in Exertional Heat Stroke, Current Sports Medicine Reports, 23(4): 119-123, 2024.

12. Lalli K, Charkoudian N, Moreh Y and DeGroot DW. The Role of Motivation in the Etiology of Exertional Heat Stroke. Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 24(2): 28-33, 2024, DOI: 10.55460/4TIV-HQLO.

13. Moran DS, DeGroot DW, Potter AW and Charkoudian N, Beating the Heat: Military Training and Operations in the Era of Global Warming, Journal of Applied Physiology, 135(60-67), 2023, doi: https://10.1152/japplphysiol.00229.2023  

14. Dehan PJ, Warren KC, Buchanan BK and DeGroot DW, Gastrointestinal Associated Heat Stroke, Current Sports Medicine Reports, 22(4): 117-119, 2023

15. DeGroot DW, Henderson K and O’Connor FG, Cooling modality effectiveness and mortality associated with pre-hospital care of exertional heat stroke casualties, Journal of Emergency Medicine, 64(2): 175-180, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.12.015

16. DeGroot DW, O’Connor FG and Roberts WO, Exertional Heat Stroke: An Evidence Based Approach to Clinical Assessment and Management, Experimental Physiology, 107;10(1172-1183), 2022

17. Periard J, DeGroot DW, and Jay O, Exertional heat stroke in sport and the military: Epidemiology and mitigation, Experimental Physiology, 107;10(1111-1121), 2022