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The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit
In this summer season (May–June 2014) most of the days temperature was more than 40°C. Our hospital is surrounded by huge slums area. The population which is low in socioeconomic status used to work in such high temperature for more than 8 h daily. Hence, they are very prone to develop heat injuries...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26321809 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.162470 |
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description | In this summer season (May–June 2014) most of the days temperature was more than 40°C. Our hospital is surrounded by huge slums area. The population which is low in socioeconomic status used to work in such high temperature for more than 8 h daily. Hence, they are very prone to develop heat injuries in the form of heat edema, heat tetany, heat syncope, heat cramps, miliaria rubra, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Again it is compulsory to upgrade our knowledge on this life threatening condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-45484192015-08-28 The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit Mahant, Seema Indian J Crit Care Med Review Article In this summer season (May–June 2014) most of the days temperature was more than 40°C. Our hospital is surrounded by huge slums area. The population which is low in socioeconomic status used to work in such high temperature for more than 8 h daily. Hence, they are very prone to develop heat injuries in the form of heat edema, heat tetany, heat syncope, heat cramps, miliaria rubra, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke. Again it is compulsory to upgrade our knowledge on this life threatening condition. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4548419/ /pubmed/26321809 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.162470 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Mahant, Seema The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title | The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title_full | The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title_fullStr | The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title_full_unstemmed | The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title_short | The evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
title_sort | evaluation and management of heat injuries in an intensive care unit |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26321809 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.162470 |
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