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Accidental hypothermia: rewarming treatments, complications and outcomes from one university medical centre

Contributorsvan der Ploeg, Gert-Jan; Goslings, J Carel; Walpoth, Beat; Bierens, Joost J L. M.
Published inResuscitation, vol. 81, no. 11, p. 1550-1555
Publication date2010
Abstract

AIM OF THE STUDY: Accidental hypothermia (AH) is a complex and life threatening condition. Knowledge about epidemiology, rewarming treatments, complications and outcome is limited. This study was initiated to obtain data on causes, rewarming treatments and complications. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of all patients with a body temperature

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Body Temperature
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia/*complications/epidemiology/*therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Netherlands/epidemiology
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rewarming/*methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Treatment Outcome
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VAN DER PLOEG, Gert-Jan et al. Accidental hypothermia: rewarming treatments, complications and outcomes from one university medical centre. In: Resuscitation, 2010, vol. 81, n° 11, p. 1550–1555. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.05.023
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Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03009572
Journal ISSN0300-9572
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