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Factors related to 30-day survival rate following accidental hypothermia – a retrospective single-center study from Northern Finland [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Accidental hypothermia is a rare condition, and it is reported to cause 2–5 deaths per 100,000 in European studies and at least 1,500 deaths in the United States annually.
Jari Pirnes, Jarkko Nyländen, Tatu-Matti Karjalainen, Sinikka Sälkiö, Pasi Ohtonen, Marko Hoikka, Tero Ala-Kokko   +6 more
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Iatrogenic third-degree burn caused by off-label use of an infrared radiant heat lamp in a patient with accidental hypothermia

Burns Open, 2021
We report a case of third-degree burn involving 5% of the total body surface area caused by off-label use of Hanautherm®, an infrared radiant heat lamp for bed-warming, in a patient with severe accidental hypothermia.
Kosuke Ishikawa, Taku Maeda, Toshihiko Hayashi, Ryuji Shichinohe, Naoki Murao, Masahiro Hojo, Riri Ito, Masayuki Osawa, Yuhei Yamamoto, Emi Funayama   +9 more
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Is prehospital use of active external warming dangerous for patients with accidental hypothermia: a systematic review [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Optimal prehospital management and treatment of patients with accidental hypothermia is a matter of frequent debate, with controversies usually revolving around the subject of rewarming.
Sigurd Mydske, Øyvind Thomassen
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Accidental Hypothermia [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2005
Hypothermia is a multi-system disorder that significantly increases morbidity and mortality in the injured patient. It is an environmental hazard that can kill in its own right. The most difficult differentiation and management decisions are likely to be with victims in Stage II or Stage III hypothermia.
PR Davis, Margaret R. Byers
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Methods and equipment available for prehospital treatment of accidental hypothermia: a survey of Norwegian prehospital services [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Accidental hypothermia is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and poses a significant challenge for both professional and volunteer rescue services in prehospital settings.
Tea Wick Barsten, Emilie Sunde, Øyvind Thomassen, Sigurd Mydske   +3 more
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A 95 year-old suffering circulatory arrest after accidental hypothermia: a case report [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics, 2017
Background The elderly are vulnerable to cold and prone to accidental hypothermia, both because of environmental and endogenous factors. The incidence of severe accidental hypothermia among the elderly is poorly described, but many cases probably go ...
Anders Wetting Carlsen, Anders M. Winnerkvist, Guri Greiff   +2 more
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The development and validation of a “5A” severity scale for predicting in-hospital mortality after accidental hypothermia from J-point registry data [PDF]

Journal of Intensive Care, 2019
Background Accidental hypothermia is a serious condition that requires immediate and accurate assessment to determine severity and treatment. Currently, accidental hypothermia is evaluated using the Swiss grading system which uses core body temperature ...
Yohei Okada, Tasuku Matsuyama, Sachiko Morita, Naoki Ehara, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Takaaki Jo, Yasuyuki Sumida, Nobunaga Okada, Makoto Watanabe, Masahiro Nozawa, Ayumu Tsuruoka, Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Yoshiki Okumura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Shungo Yamamoto, Ryoji Iiduka, Kaoru Koike   +16 more
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Deep accidental hypothermia accompanied with cardiac arrest after alcohol and drug poisoning treated with extracorporeal life support

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Deep accidental hypothermia is an unusual clinical entity in developed countries. We report a case of a 30 year old male Caucasian patient with accidental severe hypothermia who was transferred to the emergency department of our hospital after prolonged ...
Konstantinos Grapatsas, Vasileios Leivaditis, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Konstantinos Spiliotopoulos, Efstratios Koletsis, Manfred Dahm, Christoforos Kosmidis, Stella Laskou, Paul Zarogoulidis, Athanasios Katsaounis, Efstathios Pavlidis, Dimitrios Giannakidis, Charilaos Koulouris, Stylianos Mantalovas, Fotis Konstantinou, Aikaterini Amaniti, Alexandru Munteanu, Valeriou Surlin, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Isaak Kesisoglou   +19 more
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Case of Severe Accidental Hypothermia Cardiac Arrest in a Subtropical Climate and Review of Management [PDF]

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2020
Terence Chau, 1,* Merlyn Joseph,  2,* Jesus Ledesma Jr, 3 David Wei Hau Hsu 3 1Department of Pharmacy, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA; 2Texas A&M University, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX 77030, USA ...
Chau T, Joseph M, Ledesma J Jr, Hsu DWH
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Prehospital management of accidental hypothermia: A nationwide survey among Italian helicopter emergency medical services [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Accidental hypothermia, defined as a drop in core temperature below 35 °C, is a significant concern in prehospital care. Despite Italy’s variable climate and demographic vulnerability, limited data exist on how Helicopter Emergency Medical ...
Laura Leuci, Francesco Daminelli, Lorenzo Gamberini, Filippo Boroli, Simon Rauch, Giulia Roveri, Bruno Barcella, Claudia Dallari, Giovanni Sbrana, Luca Carenzo   +9 more
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