Hyperpyrexia in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 116-120

  McGugan, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heatstroke; Malignant hyperthermia; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; THYROID CRISIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEVER; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME;

EID: 0035060166     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2001.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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