Multi-system complications of hypothermia: A case of recurrent episodic hypothermia with a review of the pathophysiology of hypothermia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 992, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Alty, J E ^a   Ford, H L ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEAD INJURY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STROKE; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECURRENCE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 49049119062     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.066050     Document Type: Review

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