Outcomes after environmental hyperthermia

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 442-444

  LoVecchio, Frank ^a,b,c   Pizon, Anthony F ^a   Berrett, Christopher ^c   Balls, Adam ^b  

^a Banner Good Samaritan Regional Poison Center   (United States)

^b MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAT CRAMP; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT STROKE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248226370     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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