title: Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass for the treatment of hypothermic circulatory collapse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey 08015.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Laub
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banaszak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kupferschmid
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Magovern
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*