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    Crit Care. 2004 Feb;8(1):1-2. Epub 2003 Dec 4.

    Unprecedented heat-related deaths during the 2003 heat wave in Paris: consequences on emergency departments.

    Dhainaut JF, Claessens YE, Ginsburg C, Riou B.

    Professor, Emergency and Intensive Care Department, Cochin Port-Royal University Hospital, AP-HP, University Paris 5, France. dhainaut@cochin.univ-paris5.fr

    In August 2003, France sustained an unprecedented heat wave that resulted in 14,800 excess deaths. The consequences were maximal in the Paris area. The Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris reported more than 2600 excess emergency department visits, 1900 excess hospital admissions, and 475 excess deaths despite a rapid organization. Indeed, simple preventice measures before hospital admissions are only able to reduce mortality which mostly occurred at home and in nursing homes.

    PMID: 14975035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 420061

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