Citation

Dhainaut JF, Claessens YE, Ginsburg C, Riou B. Crit. Care 2004; 8(1): 1-2.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/cc2404

PMID

14975035

PMCID

PMC420061

Abstract

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.

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