The effect of helicopter transport on adult patients' body temperature

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Hatfield, Mary Lou ^a   Lang, Ann M ^a   Han, Zi Qin ^a   Proksch, Mary ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter; Hypothermia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0033163388     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(99)90035-4     Document Type: Article

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