Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia

Jan Kugelberg Clinic of Thoracic Surgery and the Clinic of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Hans Schüller Clinic of Thoracic Surgery and the Clinic of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Bertel Berg Clinic of Thoracic Surgery and the Clinic of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Bengt Kallum Clinic of Thoracic Surgery and the Clinic of Internal Medicine A, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Abstract

A case of severe, chronic hypothermia (body-temperature 21.4°C) was successfully treated by means of extracorporeal circulation containing heat-exchanger and oxygenator. Thoracotomy was avoided. As far as we know, this is the first patient to survive such a low temperature without any residual disability.

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