A hyperbaric oxygen therapy approach to heat stroke with multiple organ dysfunction

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Niu, Ko Chi ^a,c   Chang, Chen Kuei ^b,d   Lin, Mao Tsun ^c   Huang, Kuo Fong ^c  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Heat stroke; Hyperbaric oxygen; Multiorgan dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; MYOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERPYREXIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEURA EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 70349379455     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2009.AMH060     Document Type: Article

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