A review of the literature concerning resuscitation from hypothermia: Part II--Selected rewarming protocols.
In Part I of this paper, a description of the problems confronted in resuscitation from immersion hypothermia was presented and the debate between passive and active rewarming approaches was summarized. In this paper, a review of the literature concerning selected specific rewarming protocols is given. The protocols considered are: peritoneal irrigation, gastrointestinal rewarming, extracorporeal blood rewarming, airway rewarming, and diathermy.
D000818:Animals; D003972:Diathermy; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy*; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000502:physiology; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000502:physiology; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D013270:Stomach / Q000502:physiology; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation