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Cold injuries
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Contents
1
Background
2
Differential Diagnosis
2.1
Cold injuries
3
See Also
4
References
Background
Frostbite occurs only when ambient temperatures are well below freezing
Nonfreezing cold injuries occur due to exposure to cold conditions above freezing
Differential Diagnosis
Cold injuries
Generalized
Accidental hypothermia
Therapeutic hypothermia
Freezing
Frostbite
Non-freezing
Trench foot
Chilblains
(Pernio)
Cold panniculitis
Cold urticaria
Polar thigh
See Also
Therapeutic hypothermia
References
Category
:
Environmental
Authors
:
Ross Donaldson
Jordan Swartz
Michael Holtz
Daniel Ostermayer
