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  • Title: [Resuscitation in heart arrest due to severe hypothermia].
    Author: de Looze D, Vogelaers D, Colardyn F, Buylaert W.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1993 Aug 28; 137(35):1780-4. PubMed ID: 8371824.
    Abstract:
    Two patients were resuscitated after cardiopulmonary arrest due to severe hypothermia. The first patient, a 76-year-old man, had ventricular fibrillation resistant to conventional therapy; he was rapidly rewarmed by means of cardiopulmonary bypass. In the second patient, a 77-year-old woman, classical resuscitation led to restoration of spontaneous circulation. The patient was subsequently rapidly rewarmed with hemodialysis with fluid of 40 degrees C. We conclude that rapid rewarming with cardiopulmonary bypass is the treatment of choice in severely hypothermic patients presenting with cardiac arrest that is resistant to conventional therapy. Hemodialysis seems a suitable technique in patients who remain deeply hypothermic after resuscitation. However, it is difficult to assess its value because of the lack of clinical studies comparing this technique with other procedures.
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