TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in accidental hypothermic cardiac arrest
AU - Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath
AU - Balasubramanian, Senthil K.
AU - Khoshbin, Espeed
AU - Hadjinikolaou, Leonidas
AU - Sosnowski, Andrzej W.
AU - Firmin, Richard K.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - Cardiopulmonary bypass is usually used for rewarming and for providing cardiac support in patients with severe hypothermia and cardiovascular instability. We report the first case of accidental severe hypothermia associated with prolonged cardiac arrest that was successfully managed by venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
AB - Cardiopulmonary bypass is usually used for rewarming and for providing cardiac support in patients with severe hypothermia and cardiovascular instability. We report the first case of accidental severe hypothermia associated with prolonged cardiac arrest that was successfully managed by venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.mat.0000169124.32865.d6
DO - 10.1097/01.mat.0000169124.32865.d6
M3 - Article
C2 - 16156316
AN - SCOPUS:23044461157
SN - 1058-2916
VL - 51
SP - 474
EP - 476
JO - ASAIO Journal
JF - ASAIO Journal
IS - 4
ER -