Comparison of heat donation through the head or torso on mild hypothermia rewarming

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-13

  Sran, Bhupinder Jit K ^a   McDonald, Gerren K ^a   Steinman, Alan M ^a   Gardiner, Phillip F ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

afterdrop; effective perfused mass; prehospital treatment; shivering heat production; thermal core

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERDROP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFECTIVE PERFUSED MASS; FEMALE; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREHOSPITAL TREATMENT; SHIVERING; SHIVERING HEAT PRODUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CORE; TRUNK; WARMING;

AFTERDROP; EFFECTIVE PERFUSED MASS; PREHOSPITAL TREATMENT; SHIVERING HEAT PRODUCTION; THERMAL CORE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REWARMING; SHIVERING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TORSO;

EID: 84894485222     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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