Out of the cold: Management of hypothermia and frostbite

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Biem, Jay ^a,c   Koehncke, Niels ^a   Classen, Dale ^b   Dosman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PH; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; COLD INJURY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE TONE; OXYGEN TENSION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PULSE RATE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0037418064     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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