RT Book, Section
A1 Louie, Jeffrey P.
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146124138
T1 Hypothermia and Cold-Related Injuries
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146124138
RD 2024/04/24
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.