[Malignant hyperthermia treated with refrigerant venous catheterization].
A cold water circulation heat exchanger metal probe was used in 3 patients to treat severe hyperthermia. The probe was introduced into the caval veins by way of the sephenous vein. In 40' temperature fell from 42 degrees to 37 degrees and the patients were saved. The apparatus is simple and the technique straightforward.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D014684:Venae Cavae
L'ipertermia maligna trattata con catetere venoso refrigerante.