Abstract
Most of our 22 patients with hypothermia were alcoholics, with a variety of serious complications of their disease. The prevalence of hypoglycemia (41%), sepsis (41%), and pulmonary complications (36%) was surprisingly high in this group of hypothermia victims, and the death rate (36%) relatively low. All patients in our series were passively rewarmed and given conservative drug and fluid management under close monitor.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 128-150 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Advances in Internal Medicine |
Volume | 27 |
State | Published - 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)