Severe hyperthermia in a 65-year-old man following sustained environmental heat exposure.
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Karen Poor is Clinical Nurse Specialist at Emergency Department, Regions Hospital. For correspondence, write: Karen Poor, RN, MN, CEN, CCNS, 11102 F, Emergency Department, Regions Hospital, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; E-mail: [email protected] J Emerg Nurs 2007;33:550-2. Available online 1 October 2007. 0099-1767/$32.00 Copyright n 2007 by the Emergency Nurses Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.02.003
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
دوره 33 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007