Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass for the treatment of hypothermic circulatory collapse.
Environmentally induced hypothermia has a very high mortality. Cardiopulmonary bypass affords the best chance of survival from hypothermia but can be time-consuming to institute. We have utilized percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass with recently developed bypass catheters to resuscitate a patient with profound hypothermia complicated by circulatory collapse. Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass appears to be the treatment of choice for profound hypothermia.
Laub
G W
GW
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015.
Banaszak
D
D
Kupferschmid
J
J
Magovern
G J
GJ
Young
J C
JC
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*