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Summary of treatment of the cold injured patient: Frostbite
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Alaska Medicine. 1993 Jan-Mar;35(1):61-66
Publication Type
Article
Date
Jan-Mar 1993
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Author
Mills, WJ
Source
Alaska Medicine. 1993 Jan-Mar;35(1):61-66
Date
Jan-Mar 1993
Language
English
Publication Type
Article
Keywords
Blebs
Extremity
Freezing injury
Frostbite
Hypothermia
Rewarming
Thawing
Abstract
Frostbite is true tissue freezing and occurs when there is sufficent heat loss in the local area to allow ice crystals to form in the extracellular spaces, and extract cellular water.
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