Prolonged and profound therapeutic hypothermia for the treatment of "brain death" after a suicidal intoxication. Challenging conventional wisdoms

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258.e1-258.e4

  Marik, Paul E ^a,b   Varon, Joseph ^a,b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORE TEMPERATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DEVICE; DIALYSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OLIGURIA; OXYGENATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SEDATION; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUICIDE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENTILATOR; WARMING;

EID: 76349117683     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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