Cold Injury

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...

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Published inEmergency medicine clinics of North America Vol. 42; no. 3; p. 513
Main Author Dow, Jennifer
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2024
Subjects
Cold Injury - diagnosis
Cold Injury - therapy
Frostbite - diagnosis
Frostbite - therapy
Humans
Rewarming - methods
Non-freezing cold injury
Frostbite
Iloprost
Thrombolytics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1558-0539
DOI:10.1016/j.emc.2024.02.012