Successful treatment of a case with acute hepatic failure following hot bath immersion

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-69

  Akieda, Kazuki ^a   Yamamoto, Rie ^a   Tamura, Kozo ^a   Morita, Seiji ^a   Amino, Mari ^a   Sakurai, Keiji ^a   Otsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Motojuku, Megumi ^a   Inokuchi, Sadaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DIC; Heat stroke; Hepatic failure; Hot bath; Immersion

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEAT STROKE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WATER IMMERSION;

AGED; BATHS; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 57149088859     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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