Heat-related illness

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-327

  Lugo Amador, Nannette M ^a,b,c   Rothenhaus, Todd ^a,c   Moyer, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; ELECTROLYTE; ISOPRENALINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; EDEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; MUSCLE CRAMP; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 2542495935     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.01.004     Document Type: Review

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