[From fishing trip to the critical care unit : Successful resuscitation after a near drowning accident.]

DISCUSSION: Section 8 of the ERC guidelines provides additional information for resuscitation under specific conditions. In this case report, hypothermia was one of the main criteria leading to an adjusted pharmacological therapy. Furthermore, selection of the appropriate hospital for an optimal advanced treatment including controlled warming of the patient and management of hypothermia-induced complications had to be evaluated.
PMID: 25227882 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - September 18, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Kippnich M, Keller D, Jokinen J, Kilgenstein C, Muellenbach RM, Markus C, Roewer N, Kranke P Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research