Severe accidental hypothermia: Rewarming strategy using a veno-venous bypass system and a convective air warmer

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 520-523

  Brauer A ^a   Wrigge, H ^b   Kersten, J ^a   Rathgeber, J ^a   Weyland, W ^a   Burchardi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accidental hypothermia; Critical care; Extracorporeal circulation; Rewarming strategy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREATITIS; VEIN BYPASS; WARMING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; REWARMING;

EID: 0033012962     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050891     Document Type: Article

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