• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Aug 2024

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    Cold Injury.

    • Jennifer Dow.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage, AK, USA; National Park Service, Alaska Region. Electronic address: jenndow@mac.com.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2024 Aug 1; 42 (3): 513525513-525.

    AbstractCold 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.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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