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Accidental hypothermia : 2021 update
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 501, p 501 (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Accidental hypothermia is an unintentional drop of core temperature below 35 °C. Annually, thousands die of primary hypothermia and an unknown number die of secondary hypothermia worldwide. Hypothermia can be expected in emergency patients in the prehospital phase. Injured and intoxicated patients cool quickly even in subtropical regions. Preventive measures are important to avoid hypothermia or cooling in ill or injured patients. Diagnosis and assessment of the risk of cardiac arrest are based on clinical signs and core temperature measurement when available. Hypothermic patients with risk factors for imminent cardiac arrest (temperature < 30 °C in young and healthy patients and
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
rewarming
Review
Hypothermia
cardiac arrest
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
extracorporeal life support
Heart Arrest
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
emergency medicine
accidental hypothermia
Humans
Medicine
Aged
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 501, p 501 (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....85602d35f9d22fd6267e981dac897f84