Diagnosis and treatment of hypothermia

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2325-2332

  McCullough, Lynne ^a,b,c   Ayarora, Sanj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; STEROID; THIAMINE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAVAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DECISION TREES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REWARMING; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 10644264344     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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