Respiratory failure and spontaneous hypoglycemia during noninvasive rewarming from 24.7°C (76.5°F) core body temperature after prolonged avalanche burial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-196

  Strapazzon, Giacomo ^a   Nardin, Michele ^b   Zanon, Peter ^b   Kaufmann, Marc ^c   Kritzinger, Meinhard ^b   Brugger, Hermann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; HETASTARCH;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; AVALANCHE BURIAL; CASE REPORT; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; WARMING;

ADULT; AVALANCHES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; REWARMING;

EID: 84864284918     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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