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 MedicineBackground 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 ...
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Accidental hypothermia in emergency care: multifactorial triage-based prediction of early critical outcomes in a temperate-climate cohort. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundAccidental hypothermia, defined by a core temperature
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Impact of rewarming rate on the mortality of patients with accidental hypothermia: analysis of data from the J-Point registry [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019 Background Accidental hypothermia (AH) is defined as an involuntary decrease in core body temperature to
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Successful resuscitation from accidental hypothermia of 11.8°C: where is the lower bound for human beings? [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 2020 Tomasz Mroczek, Janusz Skalski
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Outcome prediction for hypothermic patients in cardiac arrest
Journal of Intensive Care, 2022 The 5A score predicts in-hospital mortality of patients suffering from accidental hypothermia, including those not in cardiac arrest. The HOPE score was specifically developed to predict survival for the subgroup of hypothermic patients in cardiac ...
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Accidental Hypothermia and Related Risk Factors among Trauma Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department [PDF]
Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2021 Background: Early detection and management of hypothermia are determinants in the consequences of the injury. Various factors are involved in the progress of accidental hypothermia in these patients.
Roghayeh Hassandoost +2 more
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Bradycardia in a newborn with accidental severe hypothermia: treat or don’t touch? A case report
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background Hypothermia significantly affects mortality and morbidity of newborns. Literature about severe accidental hypothermia in neonates is limited. We report a case of a neonate suffering from severe accidental hypothermia.
Astrid Kuonen, Thomas Riva, Gabor Erdoes
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A novel ECG-biomarker for cardiac arrest during hypothermia
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background Treatment of arrhythmias evoked by accidental or therapeutic hypothermia and rewarming remains challenging. We aim to find an ECG-biomarker that can predict ventricular arrhythmias at temperatures occurring in therapeutic and accidental ...
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A 95 year-old suffering circulatory arrest after accidental hypothermia: a case report
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 ...
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