TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hypothermia and Cold-Related Injuries A1 - Louie, Jeffrey P. A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. PY - 2017 T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - In the United States, hypothermia should be a preventable disease, yet between 1999 and 2011, an average of 1301 people per year die of excessive natural cold.1,2 The majority of reported mortality cases involve victims older than 19 years and two thirds of all victims are male. Predisposing factors that increase the risk for hypothermia are listed in Table 173-1. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124138 ER -