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The management of accidental hypothermia
BMJ, 2009A 24 year old male surfer presented to the emergency department unconscious. Lifeguards had spotted him drifting out to sea on his surfboard. Upon return to the beach he was confused, unable to walk in a straight line, and shivering violently. He subsequently collapsed and paramedics were called.
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Accidental Hypothermia in the Elderly
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978Like many adjustments to environmental stimuli, the adaptation to temperature changes becomes less efficient with advancing age. When exposed to cold, the aged do not increase their heat production as well as do the young. Nor are they able to control as effectively their heat loss by peripheral vasoconstriction.
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1978
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I, Ledingham, J G, Mone
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Accidental hypothermia in the sunbelt
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1988Hypothermia in colder climates in the United States occurs predominately as a result of exposure of alcoholics to cold outdoor temperatures. Among 24 cases of accidental hypothermia occurring at a university medical center in the deep South, differences in clinical presentation were identified. In contrast to experience in colder climates, 17/22 cases (
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Accidental hypothermia in the elderly
Ugeskrift for LægerThe incidence of accidental hypothermia varies greatly in the literature. Accidental hypothermia has many physiological complications, and treatment of accidental hypothermia is not risk-free, the greatest risk being rewarming shock with high mortality.
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Resuscitation from accidental hypothermia of 13·7°C with circulatory arrest
Lancet, The, 2000Mads Gilbert
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