Survival after Drowning with Cardiac Arrest and Mild Hypothermia

Autor:	S. S. Rudolph, S. Barnung
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Mild hypothermia Resuscitation business.industry Extracorporeal circulation Poison control Case Report Return of spontaneous circulation Hypothermia Anesthesia medicine Successful resuscitation medicine.symptom Intensive care medicine business Clinical death
Zdroj:	ISRN Cardiology
ISSN:	2090-5599 2090-5580
DOI:	10.5402/2011/895625
Popis:	The current guidelines for resucitation following hypothermia and submersion with cardiac arrest state that rewarming should be continued until a core temperature of 32–34°C is achieved, after which death can be declared if no return of spontaneous circulation has occurred. As no randomized, controlled trials exist, these treatment guidelines are mostly based on a pragmatic approach. Wheater to start or stop resuscitation is notoriusly difficult. Submersion time, water temperature, and prompt resuscitation seem to be crucial factors for outcome. We report a case of successful resuscitation after the use of mechanical chest compressions and extracorporeal circulation in a patient with cardiac arrest due to submersion and accompanying mild hypothermia with a core temperature of 32,2°C caused by submersion.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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