One night in a snowbank: A case report of severe hypothermia and cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-368

  Moser, B ^a   Voelckel, W ^a   Gardetto, A ^b   Sumann, G ^a   Wenzel, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CPR; ECMO; Hypothermia; Neurological recovery

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; FENTANYL; NORADRENALIN; SNOW; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD INJURY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HAND DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TOE;

AMPUTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FROSTBITE; HAND; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344369772     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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