The "Golden Hour" for Heatstroke Treatment

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 184-186

  Heled, Yuval ^a   Rav Acha, Moshe ^a   Shani, Yoav ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^a   Moran, Daniel S ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HALOPERIDOL; STEROID;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; COOLING; CRYSTALLOID; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RUNNING; SHOCK; SOLDIER; TRAINING;

EID: 1542513845     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.3.184     Document Type: Article

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