Association between active cooling and lower mortality among patients with heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

Body cooling is recommended for patients with heat stroke and heat exhaustion. However, differences in the outcomes of patients who do or do not receive active cooling therapy have not been determined. The best available evidence supporting active cooling is based on a case series without comparison...

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Main Authors: Jun Kanda, Shinji Nakahara, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yasufumi Miyake, Keiki Shimizu, Shoji Yokobori, Arino Yaguchi, Tetsuya Sakamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259441&type=printable
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