Exertional heat stroke in a young man with a documented rise in troponin I

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 283-284

  Whiticar, R ^a   Laba, D ^a   Smith, S ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EXERCISE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; TROPONIN I;

EID: 43149088055     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.052472     Document Type: Article

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