Thermal effects of whole head submersion in cold water on nonshivering humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 669-675

  Pretorius, Thea ^a   Bristow, Gerald K ^a   Steinman, Alan M ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold water near drowning; Heat loss; Hypothermia; Perfused body mass; Submersion; Symptomless hypothermia; Thermal core; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; COOLING WATER; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY YIELD; HEAD; HEAT LOSS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BUSPIRONE; COLD; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33746681886     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01241.2005     Document Type: Article

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