Emergency treatment of hypothermia

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-16

  Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a,b,c  

^a Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine   (Canada)

^b Health   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active warming; Afterdrop; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Core temperature; Heat balance; Heat loss; Rewarming; Shivering; Shivering thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIRST AID; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; REWARMING; SHIVERING; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0035057401     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2001.00172.x     Document Type: Review

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