These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Rewarming a patient with accidental hypothermia and cardiac arrest using thoracic lavage.
    Author: Turtiainen J, Halonen J, Syväoja S, Hakala T.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 2014 Jun; 97(6):2165-6. PubMed ID: 24882294.
    Abstract:
    The optimal treatment for severe accidental hypothermia is cardiopulmonary bypass because this offers the most rapid rate of rewarming. However, cardiopulmonary bypass therapy is not available in every hospital. In these circumstances, rewarming has to be achieved with other methods. We present a patient who was successfully rewarmed with thoracic lavage after he had been found with a core temperature of 21°C and asystole.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]