Successful use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in accidental hypothermic cardiac arrest.
Cardiopulmonary bypass is usually used for rewarming and for providing cardiac support in patients with severe hypothermia and cardiovascular instability. We report the first case of accidental severe hypothermia associated with prolonged cardiac arrest that was successfully managed by venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Tiruvoipati
Ravindranath
R
Department of ECMO and Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, United Kingdom.
Balasubramanian
Senthil K
SK
Khoshbin
Espeed
E
Hadjinikolaou
Leonidas
L
Sosnowski
Andrzej W
AW
Firmin
Richard K
RK
D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017694:Rewarming / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome