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Accidental hypothermia in a child
Author(s) -
Balagna Roberto,
Abbo Delia,
Ferrero Federica,
Valori Andrea,
Peruzzi Licia
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1999.00346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , accidental hypothermia , hypothermia , bradycardia , anesthesia , accidental , coma (optics) , emergency medicine , heart rate , blood pressure , physics , acoustics , optics
Summary We report a case of severe accidental hypothermia (24.8°C) in a seven‐year‐old child due to prolonged exposure to low temperatures and temporary contact with river water. When the patient was seen in hospital, bradycardia (30·min −1 ), bradypnoea (5·min −1 ), scarcely reacting pupils, and Glasgow Coma Scale=3 were noted. For rewarming minimally invasive techniques (humidified warmed gases and intravenous solutions at 40°C) were employed with a very successful outcome.