Hypothermia: a cold influence on trauma.
Hypothermia is a life-threatening condition and can be a significant comorbid factor in a trauma patient. Certain social and medical characteristics can put a person at high risk for hypothermia, and special care must be provided to prevent and treat lower than normal body temperatures. In this article, a literature review was used to describe etiologies, assessment, treatment, and complications of hypothermia in the trauma patient.
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Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. dorothy.cochrane@ualberta.ca
D001831:Body Temperature; D015897:Comorbidity; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017694:Rewarming / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index