title: Hypothermia and exsanguination in emergency cardiovascular surgery in children.
abstract: Emergency cardiac surgery in children can be successfully carried out even when cardiopulmonary bypass is either not feasible or not available quickly enough. Hypothermia induced with ice-water bags, complete circulatory arrest, near-total body exsanguination, and rewarming with a heating blanket and heating lamps, were used twice successfully in the repair of a ruptured aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milo
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Blieden
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goor
mesh_terms: D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007223:Infant