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ORLANDO — Heat-related emergency department (ED) visits soared over the last 12 years, a retrospective study at two large Texas-based children’s hospitals showed. As a proportion of total ED encounters, heat-related visits increased by 170% from 2012 (4.3 per 10,000) to 2023 (11.6 per 10,000, P=0.01), reported Taylor Merritt, MD, of the University of Texas […]
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Publish date : 2024-10-01 21:16:11
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