Management of severe frostbite with iloprost, alteplase and heparin: a Yukon case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We identified the need to modernize frostbite management in our northern centre and implemented a treatment protocol in 2015. Our aim was to describe the clinical course of patients presenting to the hospital since the implementation of the protocol.

Methods

This was a retrospective case series from Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. We reviewed the charts of patients who presented to the hospital with grade 2-4 frostbite and were treated as per our protocol between Feb. 9, 2015, and Feb. 8, 2020. Patients with grade 2-4 frostbite received iloprost; in addition, those with grade 4 frostbite received alteplase and heparin. We determined the number of digits affected and salvaged, and the time from presentation to the emergency departm

SUBMITTER: Poole A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8177911 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature