Use of the infant transwarmer mattress as an external warming modality in resuscitation from hypothermia

Normothermia must be established in drowning victims before death may be declared, as the myocardium may remain resistant to stimulation at subnormal temperatures, and complete neurological recovery from submersion associated hypothermia has been reported. A safe and effective method of external re-warming is described that may prove particularly useful in the paediatric population.

[1]  J. Phillips,et al.  Severe hypothermia with cardiac arrest: complete neurologic recovery in a 4-year-old child. , 2001, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[2]  E. Trampitsch,et al.  Resuscitaton in near drowning with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , 2001 .

[3]  M. Gardner,et al.  The effects of core and peripheral warming methods on temperature and physiologic variables in injured children , 2001, Pediatric emergency care.

[4]  T. Sasaki,et al.  Brain hypothermia relieves severe brain swelling following acute major cerebral artery occlusion. , 2001, Neurologia medico-chirurgica.

[5]  E. Trampitsch,et al.  Resuscitation in near drowning with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. , 2001, The Annals of thoracic surgery.

[6]  Jonathan Dehn,et al.  [Treatment of severe, accidental hypothermia with a warm air bed]. , 2000, Ugeskrift for laeger.

[7]  K. Grong,et al.  [Rewarming of patients with accidental hypothermia with the help of heart-lung machine]. , 2000, Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke.

[8]  C. Deakin.  Forced air surface rewarming in patients with severe accidental hypothermia. , 2000, Resuscitation.

[9]  A. Busuttil,et al.  Resuscitation of drowning victims in south-east Scotland. , 1999, Resuscitation.

[10]  P. Mair,et al.  Forced air surface rewarming in patients with severe accidental hypothermia. , 1999, Resuscitation.

[11]  M. Pastorelli,et al.  Severe accidental hypothermia successfully treated by warmed peritoneal lavage. , 1998, Minerva anestesiologica.

[12]  R. Koller,et al.  Deep accidental hypothermia and cardiac arrest rewarming with forced air , 1997, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica.

[13]  D. Sessler,et al.  Forced air speeds rewarming in accidental hypothermia. , 1996, Annals of emergency medicine.

[14]  J. Sibert,et al.  Outcome in children who nearly drown: a British Isles study. , 1991, BMJ.

[15]  D. Beatty,et al.  Childhood near-drowning--factors associated with poor outcome. , 1990, South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde.

[16]  M. Copass,et al.  Outcome and predictors of outcome in pediatric submersion victims receiving prehospital care in King County, Washington. , 1990, Pediatrics.