Pancytopenia associated with hypothermia.
This is the first report of pancytopenia associated with moderate hypothermia occurring in an elderly patient, where no other etiologic or associated factors could account for the hematologic abnormalities found. Reversible pancytopenia should be added to the list of hematologic abnormalities that can be seen in patients with hypothermia.
Daly
M P
MP
Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
Rosenfarb
C H
CH
D000368:Aged; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000209:etiology*