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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Myocardial damage after prolonged accidental hypothermia: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction A case of cardiac toxicity due to prolonged hypothermia is reported. Case presentation A 42-year-old woman of Caucasian origin presented with hypothermia after an accident.
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Accidental Hypothermia: 2021 Update. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Accidental hypothermia is an unintentional drop of core temperature below 35 °C. Annually, thousands die of primary hypothermia and an unknown number die of secondary hypothermia worldwide.
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Shoshin Beriberi and Severe Accidental Hypothermia as Causes of Heart Failure in a 6-Year-Old Child: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Severe accidental hypothermia has been demonstrated to affect ventricular systolic and diastolic functions, and rewarming might be responsible of cardiovascular collapse.
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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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Accidental Hypothermia in the Elderly [PDF]
BMJ, 1964 P G FAMMA, W B PATON, M. I. Bostock
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Extracorporeal Life Support in Accidental Hypothermia with Cardiac Arrest-A Narrative Review. [PDF]
ASAIO J, 2022 Severely hypothermic patients, especially suffering cardiac arrest, require highly specialized treatment. The most common problems affecting the recognition and treatment seem to be awareness, logistics, and proper planning.
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