Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Hypothermic Cardiac Deterioration: A Case Series. Issue 5 (5th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Niehaus, Matthew T.; Pechulis, Rita M.; Wu, James K.; Frei, Steven; Hong, John J.; Sandhu, Rovinder S.; Greenberg, Marna Rayl
• Is Part Of: Prehospital and disaster medicine. Volume 31:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 570
• Page End: 571
• Publication Date: 2016-08-05
• Subjects: ECMO, -- hypothermia, -- resuscitation; Emergency medical services -- Periodicals; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X16000637
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-023X

Abstract

Abstract: Accidental hypothermia can lead to untoward cardiac manifestations and arrest. This report presents a case series of severe accidental hypothermia with cardiac complications in three emergency patients who were treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and survived after re-warming. The aim of this discussion was to encourage more clinicians to consider ECMO as a re-warming therapy for severe hypothermia with circulatory collapse and to prompt discussion about decreasing the barriers to its use. MT Niehaus, RM Pechulis, JK Wu, S Frei, JJ Hong, RS Sandhu, MR Greenberg .Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for hypothermic cardiac deterioration: a case series .Prehosp Disaster Med .2016 ;31 (5 ):570 –571 .