Clinical experience with an active intravascular rewarming technique for near-severe hypothermia associated with traumatic injury.

ABSTRACT: Hypothermia and acidosis are secondary causes of trauma-related coagulopathy. Here we report the case of a 72-year-old patient with severe trauma who suffered near-severe hypothermia despite the initiation of standard warming measures and was successfully managed with active intravascular rewarming. The patient was involved in a road traffic accident and was transported to a hospital. He was diagnosed with massive right-sided hemothorax, blunt aortic injury, burst fractures of the eighth and ninth thoracic vertebrae, and open fracture of the right tibia. He was referred to our hospital, where emergency surgery was performed to control bleeding from the right hemothorax. During surgery, the patient demonstrated progressive heat loss despite standard rewarming measures, and his temperature d

SUBMITTER: Kiridume K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4267585 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature