@article{ref1,
title="Unprecedented heat-related deaths during the 2003 heat wave in Paris: consequences on emergency departments",
journal="Critical care : the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum",
year="2004",
author="Dhainaut, Jean-François and Claessens, Yann-Erick and Ginsburg, Christine and Riou, Bruno",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="1-2",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1364-8535",
doi="10.1186/cc2404",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2404"
}