The association between hypothermia, prehospital cooling, and mortality in burn victims

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-459

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Taira, Breena R ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   McCormack, Jane E ^b   Shapiro, Mark ^b   Aydin, Ani ^c   Lee, Christopher ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Cooling; Hypothermia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951051979     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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