Factors associated with mortality among elderly patients with hypothermia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-237

  Muszkat, Mordechai ^a   Durst, Ronen M ^a   Ben Yehuda, Arie ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROID HORMONE;

AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD PH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART FAILURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037101995     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01173-7     Document Type: Article

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