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Cold Injury.

Jennifer Dow
Published in: Emergency medicine clinics of North America (2024)
Cold injury has been documented for centuries and remains a concern for military personnel, winter recreationalists, and urban homeless populations. Treatment advances in the last decades have included thrombolytic and prostaglandin therapies however the mainstay remains early recognition and rapid rewarming. This chapter focuses on frostbite, with a brief overview of other cold related conditions.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary embolism
  • acute ischemic stroke
  • replacement therapy