Management of hypothermic submersion associated cardiac arrest in a 5-year-old child: A case report
We report a case of severe accidental hypothermia (core body temperature of 26.8 °C) in a five-year-old boy due to submersion in freezing lake water. The child was brought to the hospital intubated, in cardiac arrest rhythm of pulseless electrical activity and with dilated and nonreactive pupils. We...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-12-01
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Series: | Resuscitation Plus |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520421000862 |