Accidental hypothermia


https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2006.1.9
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006)
Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 20 February 2006
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Authors

  • Ivo Casagranda
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    Dipartimento di Emergenza ed Accettazione ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
  • Giovanni Lombardi SEST 118 ASL 21, Casale Monferrato (AL), .
  • Dalio Cecconi Dipartimento di Emergenza ed Accettazione ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
  • Stefano Turchetti CO 118 della Provincia di Alessandria e SOC di Anestesia e Rianimazione ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
  • Peppino Scoti SOC di Cardiochirurgia ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
  • Corrado Cavozza SOC di Cardiochirurgia ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
  • Dante Medici SOC di Cardiochirurgia ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria, .
Hypothermia is defined as an unintentional decrease of core body temperature below 35 °C. In this article we discuss pathophysiology, clinical aspects and treatment of hypothermic patients. The most important treatment of hypothermia is the identification of the most appropriate method of rewarming. We report a case of cardiac arrest secondary to severe accidental hypothermia, that occured in a young man, do to prolonged exposure to low temperature in river water, successfully treated with extracorporeal blood warming.

Casagranda, I., Lombardi, G., Cecconi, D., Turchetti, S., Scoti, P., Cavozza, C., & Medici, D. (2006). Accidental hypothermia. Emergency Care Journal, 2(1), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2006.1.9

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