In hypothermic major trauma patients the appropriate hospital for damage control and rewarming may be life saving

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1665-

  Paal, Peter ^a,b   Brown, Douglas J A ^b,c   Brugger, Hermann ^b,d,e   Boyd, Jeff ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b International Commission of Mountain Emergency Medicine   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e European Academy of Bolzano   (Italy)

^f Banff Mineral Springs Hospital   (Canada)

^g International Federation of Mountain Guides ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORE TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VASODILATATION; WARMING; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REWARMING; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84885307586     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.06.019     Document Type: Letter

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