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Table 2 Knowledge of management according to the physician’s specialty

From: Heat stroke: knowledge and practices of medical professionals in pediatric emergency medicine departments – a survey study

Category

PEM physicians

(n = 31)

Other physicians

(n = 115)

P value

Evaporative cooling for MVRHC n, (%)

26 (83.9)

58 (50.4)

0.00001

Evaporative cooling for exertional heat stroke n, (%)

20 (64.5)

27 (23.5)

0.0001

  1. PEM pediatric emergency medicine, MVRHC motor vehicle related hyperthermia in children