Accidental hypothermia.
@article{Brown2012AccidentalH, title={Accidental hypothermia.}, author={Doug Brown and Hermann Brugger and Jeff J Boyd and Peter Paal}, journal={The New England journal of medicine}, year={2012}, volume={367 20}, pages={ 1930-8 } }
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (D.J.A.B.), and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, AB (J.B.) — both in Canada; the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, European Academy of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy (H.B.); and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (P.P.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Brown at the Department of Emergency Medicine…
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