Severe hypothermia in myxoedema coma: A rewarming by extracorporeal circulation

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 773-775

  Kogan, Alexander ^a   Kassif, Yigal ^a   Shadel, Mordechay ^a,b   Shwarz, Yaron ^a   Lavee, Jacob ^a   Or, Jacob ^a,b   Raanani, Ehud ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal circulation; Hypothermia; Myxoedema

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; NORADRENALIN; THYROTROPIN;

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MYXEDEMA; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TENDON REFLEX; THROMBUS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WARMING; WEAKNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMA; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MYXEDEMA; REWARMING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83355175526     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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